JAKARTA, April 17 (Xinhua) — Indonesia posted a commerce stability surplus of two.91 billion U.S. {dollars} in March, marking the thirty fifth surplus since May 2020, based on Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Monday.
“The surplus mainly came from the non-oil and gas sector of 4.58 billion dollars, but reduced by a deficit in the oil and gas sector of 1.67 billion dollars,” stated BPS Deputy for Statistical Methodology and Information, Imam Machdi, in a press convention.
The worth of exports in March was 23.50 billion {dollars} in March, down by 11.33 % from the identical month final yr, whereas the worth of imports was 20.59 billion {dollars}, down by 6.26 %.
The highest non-oil and fuel exports within the first quarter of 2023 went to the United States at 5.83 billion {dollars}, and Japan at 5.41 billion {dollars}, with a mixed contribution of 43.02 % to the entire export worth.
From January to March 2023, Indonesia acquired non-oil and fuel gadgets from Japan price 4.25 billion {dollars}, and Thailand 2.92 billion {dollars}, with a mixed contribution of 47.64 %.