"This surplus was triggered by the US$170 million surplus recorded in the oil and gas sector and the US$570 million recorded in the non-oil/gas sector," Head of the BPS Suryamin stated here on Monday.
According to the cumulative export values posted in January and February, he noted that the trade balance had a surplus of US$1.48 billion, with an export value of US$25.64 billion and an import value of US$24.16 billion.
Totally, the national export value in the January-February period decreased 11.89 percent as compared to the US$29.10 billion recorded in the same period in 2014.
Moreover, the import value in February dropped by 8.42 percent as compared to the US$12.61 billion posted in January.
In addition, the cumulative import value of the January-February period declined by 15.83 percent, while it was US$28.70 billion in the same period last year.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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