Monday, August 1, 2011

Indonesia June Trade Surplus USD3.33 Bln Vs USD4.00 Bln in May



 
Reuters A worker checks new cars before loading them into the ship for delivery to other provinces at the Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta October 22, 2010. Indonesia is selling cars faster than it is building roads, increasing gridlock in cities and doing its efforts to attract foreign direct investment no favours. Picture taken October 22, 2010. 
 
JAKARTA, - Indonesia's trade surplus narrowed to $3.33 billion in June from a revised $4.00 billion in May on lower commodity prices globally, the Central Statistics Agency said Monday.
The median forecast of nine regional economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires was for a June trade surplus of $2.52 billion. The agency said that exports fell to $18.41 billion in June from a revised record high of $18.82 billion in May.
Imports rose to $15.08 billion from $14.83 billion in May, the agency said. The agency's chairman Rusman Heriawan that China remained as the single largest market for Indonesia's exports in June, a trend he expects to continue in the future.

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