BPS Data, Oil Imports In Seven Months Reached 14.38 Billion US Dollars

BPS building. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded a significant increase in imports of oil products. The Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics of BPS Setianto said that imports of oil from January to July 2022 recorded an increase of 97.71 percent to 14.38 billion US dollars.

Meanwhile, crude oil imports reached 6.42 billion US dollars, up 62.38 percent. The increase was due to high world crude oil commodity prices and rising domestic demand.

"Imports of oil products including motor fuel, aircraft fuel, diesel fuel and others for January-July 2022 total 14.3 million tons," he said at a press conference, Monday, August 15.

Not only that, imports of LPG also increased. For the period January to July 2022. BPS recorded the import value of LPG worth US$3.12 billion with the realization of import volume from January to July 2022 amounting to 3.9 million tons.

"We compare January-July 2021 and January-July 2022, it rose 49.64 percent, the volume rose 4.92 percent," he said.

Sadly, this increase in oil imports occurred amid the issue of fuel shortages that occurred in the past week. Meanwhile, the public in the last few days have complained about the availability of Pertalite type of fuel oil (BBM) which often runs out at public fuel filling stations (SPBU).

Meanwhile, Pertamina noted that the distribution of Pertalite type fuel until July 2022 had reached 16.8 million kiloliters (kl). With that, the quota for subsidized fuel is only 6.2 million kl from the set quota of 23 million kl this year.