According to BPS data, the province`s coal exports in February 2012 rose to US$22.30 million from US$9.08 million a month earlier, the head of the BPS office in Jambi, Ahkmad Jaelani said here on Monday.
Coal was the biggest foreign exchange earner of the province`s mining exports, he said.
He said foreign exchange earnings from farm products in February were recorded at US$3.16 million, down 4 percent from one month earlier.
The export of industrial products in February 2012 rose 5.69 percent to US$76.17 million from January 2012, with plywood and other processed woods recording an increase of 29.94 percent.
Overall, Jambi`s exports in February fell compared to the same period last year.
(Uu.S012/H-YH)
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