Jokowi Meets Xi Jinping, This Is Republic of Indonesia's 'treasure' That China Is Most Hunting For Compared To Other Countries

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) arrived in the capital city of Beijing on Monday evening to further meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in an official agenda today.

According to the schedule, the two heads of state will meet on Tuesday evening, July 26.

Citing the website of the Presidential Secretariat, it was stated that during this visit a number of important agendas would be discussed, including trade cooperation, investment to issues in the region and globally.

As is known, China is one of Indonesia's strategic partners in the economic field.

In fact, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that the panda country is Indonesia's largest trading partner.

This is reflected in the value of exports in 2021 which will reach 53.7 billion US dollars with imports of 56.2 billion US dollars.

The book made Indonesia a deficit of 2.4 billion over the past year.

Meanwhile, one of Indonesia's mainstay export commodities is swallow's nest. It is important to note that China is the main destination country for the trade in these natural products.

BPS launches that in 2021 bird nest exports to China will be worth 350.8 million US dollars. This figure makes China the country that hunts the most for Indonesia's 'treasure'.

Meanwhile, the second position is occupied by Hong Kong with the Indonesian export value of 93 million US dollars. Then followed by Singapore with 29.4 million dollars, the United States with 26.7 million US dollars, Vietnam with 4 million US dollars, and Taiwan with 3.3 million US dollars.

In total, Indonesia's bird nest exports throughout 2021 reached a value of 517 million US dollars, a decrease when compared to the 2020 period which was 540.3 million US dollars.