The exports consisted of non-oil/non-gas exports worth US$12.519 billion and oil and gas exports worth US$2.974 billion, BPS Chief Suryamin said here on Thursday.
However, the January 2012 exports fell by 9.28 per cent compared to US$17.077 billion in December 2011, he said.
"Normally exports at the start of every year (January) are lower than in the previous month (December). Such a downward trend has been seen over the past few years," he said.
The January 2012 exports fell from December 2011 due to a 7.9 per cent drop in non-oil/non-gas exports to US$12.519 billion from US$13.597 billion and a shortfall in oil and gas exports to US$2.97 billion from US$3.485 billion, he added.
Suryamin also said crude oil exports in January 2012 plummeted by 137.15 per cent to US$883.1 million and gas exports declined by 0.48 per cent to US$1.712 billion, leading to a shortfall in oil and gas exports in that month.
However, oil product exports rose by 5.41 per cent to US$375.5 million, he noted.
Suryamin said Japan remained the largest market for Indonesia`s non-oil/non-gas exports in January 2012 with a total value of US$1.61 billion, followed by China with US$1.36 billion and the United States with US1.2 billion.
"The non-oil/non-gas exports to the three countries made up 33.26 per cent of Indonesia`s overall non-oil/non-gas exports in January 2012, while non-oil/non-gas exports to Europe reached US$1.6 billion," he added.
The agency also noted that Indonesia`s imports in January 2012 fell to US$14.57 billion from US$16.48 billion in December 2011. But compared to January 2011, the imports in January 2012 rose by 16.02 per cent to US$12.56 billion.
"Oil and gas imports and non-oil/non-gas imports fell to US$ 658.3 million and US$1.247 billion, respectively," Suryamin said.
Crude oil imports fell to US$276.5 million and oil products to US$394.8 million, leading to a shortfall in oil and gas imports. However, gas imports rose by US$13 million.(*)
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