Jakarta (ANTARA) - Foreign ownership of Indonesian state debentures rose sharply from early in 2012 to February, according to the Finance Ministry.

As per December 2011, state debentures owned by foreigners were worth a total of Rp222.86 trillion but the figure rose to Rp235.97 trillion in January, 2012, the ministry`s directorate general of state debt management, said.

The amount reached in January remained stable and was on February 3 recorded at Rp235.22 trillion , on February 9 at Rp234.90 trillion, and on February 10 at Rp235.66 trillion.

The state securities concerned were transferable and as per December 2011 the traded securities reached a value of Rp723.61 trilion, as per January 3, 2012 Rp735.62 trillion, and as per February 10 Rp743.48 trillion.

Of the Rp743.48 trillion, Rp270.32 trillion were acquired by domestic banks, Rp4.91 trillion by Bank Indonesia, and Rp468.25 trillion by non-banking institutions.

The distribution among non-banking institutions was Rp48.59 trillion went to mutual fund companies, Rp94.90 trillion to insurance companies, Rp235,66 trillion to foreign parties, Rp33.97 trillion to pension funds, Rp0.22 trillion to securities companies and Rp54.91 trillion to others.

About government debts, the directorate general`s data showed that as per December 31,2011 they totaled 198.89 billion US dollars or Rp1,803.49 trillion (at an exchange rate of Rp9,068 per US dollar).

The figure broke down into 67.91 billion US dollars (67.91 percent of the total) in loans,and 130.97 billion US dollars (65.9 percent) in state debentures.

The amount of loans consisted of 67.82 billion US dollars in foreign loans and 0.09 billion US dollars in domestic loans.
(Tz.HAJM/A014)

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