China Sumbang Defisit Terdalam, AS Malah Surplus Terbesar di Neraca Dagang RI 2025
JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded Indonesia's trade balance cumulatively from January to December 2025 with a surplus of US$ 41.05 billion.
BPS Distribution and Services Statistics Deputy Ateng Hartono said that the surplus achievement was higher than the same period last year which was recorded at US$ 31.33 billion.
The trade balance surplus throughout 2025 was mainly supported by the non-oil and gas trade performance which recorded a surplus of 60.75 billion US dollars.
Meanwhile, the oil and gas sector still experienced a deficit with a value of 19.70 billion US dollars.
On the other hand, Ateng revealed that China is still the country with the largest deficit contributor to Indonesia's trade balance during January-December 2025, which was recorded at US$ 20.50 billion.
He revealed that the large deficit placed China as the country with the deepest deficit contribution, followed by Australia with a deficit of 5.65 billion US dollars and Singapore with 5.47 billion US dollars.
"The country with the deepest deficit contributor, the first China, it has a deficit of 20.50 billion US dollars. Then Australia is 5.65 billion US dollars, and Singapore also has a deficit of 5.47 billion US dollars," he said in a press conference, Monday, February 2.
According to Ateng, the trade deficit with China is mainly influenced by the high import of a number of major commodities, such as mechanical machinery and equipment (HS84), electrical machinery and parts (HS85), and vehicles and parts (HS87).
More specifically, BPS noted that the machinery and mechanical equipment (HS84) commodity contributed the largest deficit with a value of 28.48 billion US dollars.
Furthermore, machinery and electronic equipment (HS85) contributed to the deficit of 12.68 billion US dollars, followed by plastics and goods from plastics (HS39) with a deficit of 7.70 billion US dollars.
Meanwhile, the United States was recorded as a trading partner with the largest surplus contribution to Indonesia throughout January-December 2025.
Indonesia's trade balance surplus with the US, both in the oil and gas and non-oil and gas sectors, reached US$18.11 billion.
Besides the United States, India recorded a surplus of 13.49 billion US dollars and the Philippines also contributed to Indonesia's trade surplus of 8.42 billion US dollars.
If you look specifically at non-oil and gas trade, the role of the United States is recorded as increasingly dominant.
BPS recorded Indonesia's non-oil and gas trade surplus with the US at US$21.12 billion throughout 2025, far exceeding India's surplus of US$13.62 billion and the Philippines' US$8.33 billion.
Ateng explained that Indonesia's non-oil and gas trade surplus throughout 2025 was mainly supported by a number of flagship commodities such as animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS15) as the largest surplus contributor with a value of 34.06 billion US dollars, followed by mineral fuels (HS27) of 28.01 billion US dollars, and iron and steel (HS72) which recorded a surplus of 18.44 billion US dollars.
Specifically for trade with the United States, Indonesia's non-oil and gas surplus was driven by exports of machinery and electronic equipment and parts (HS85).
In addition, knitted clothing and accessories (HS61) products and footwear also make significant contributions.
Meanwhile, Indonesia's trade surplus with India mainly comes from mineral fuel commodities (HS27), animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS15), and iron and steel (HS72).