Amid The Decreased Four Months Of Untuning Exports In 2022, Indonesian Imports Take Up

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JAKARTA The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) stated that the value of Indonesia's imports in December 2022 reached 19.9 billion US dollars. That number increased 5.16 percent compared to November 2022 of 18.9 billion US dollars.

However, when compared to the same period in 2021, the import value in December 2022 fell 6.61 percent.

Head of BPS Margo Yuwono detailed that this amount consisted of oil and gas imports recorded at US $ 3.2 billion with non-oil and gas imports of US $ 16.7 billion.

"The increase in imports of non-oil and gas goods is barbaria. Meanwhile, the biggest decline was plastic and plastic goods," he said during a press conference on Monday, January 16.

According to Margo, the three largest suppliers of non-oil and gas imports during January - December 2022 were China worth USD 67.1 billion (34 percent), Japan worth USD 17 billion (8.6 percent), and Thailand USD 10.8 billion (5.5 percent).

"Then non-oil and gas imports from ASEAN amounted to US$32.8 billion (16.6 percent) and the European Union US$11.6 billion (5.9 percent)," he said.

Meanwhile, according to the category of use of goods, the value of imports from January to December 2022 against the same period the previous year saw an increase in the class of raw/auxiliary materials worth US$33.9 billion (23 percent) and capital goods worth US$7.7 billion (26.9 percent).

"The value of imports on consumer goods fell to 350.5 million US dollars or 1.7 percent," he said.