BPS Records Indonesia's Imports In July 2024 The Most Smartphones

Acting (Plt) Head of BPS Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that Indonesia still imports a lot of smartphones.

The value of Indonesia's imports in July 2024 reached 21.74 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.82 percent compared to the previous month which reached 18.45 billion US dollars.

Acting (Plt) Head of BPS Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said that one of the commodities contributing to the increase in Indonesia's imports came from machines and electrical confinement and part of the HS 85 code, especially smartphones.

"Electric engines and confinement and parts of HS 85, especially smartphones. This smartphone is included in the code (HS 85171300) which experienced an increase in imports," Amalia said in the BPS Release, Thursday, August 15.

In addition, the cause of another increase in imports was the engine and mechanical equipment group and its part or code HS 84 was recorded at US$3.17 billion, or an increase of 21.25 percent from the previous month's 2.61 billion US dollars.

"If we look at the detailed data, the contributors to the increase in import value mainly came from the machine group and mechanical equipment and its parts or HS 84," he said.

Meanwhile, imports of machinery and electrical equipment and its parts (HS 85) were recorded at USD 2.36 billion, an increase of 18.38 percent from the previous month's USD 2 billion.

The commodities that contributed to other imports were plastic and plastic goods which were recorded at 1 billion US dollars, or an increase of 19.35 percent from the previous month which was recorded at 0.84 billion US dollars.

As is known, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that Indonesia's import value in July 2024 reached 21.74 billion US dollars, up 17.82 percent compared to the previous month which reached 18.45 billion US dollars.

Amalia said the import value of oil and gas in July 2024 was worth US$3.56 billion, up 8.78 percent compared to the previous month's US$3.27 billion.

The value of non-oil and gas imports in July 2024 is worth 18.18 billion US dollars, or an increase of 19.76 percent compared to the previous month of 15.18 billion US dollars.

"The increase in the value of imports on a monthly basis is mainly due to an increase in the value of non-oil and gas imports with a contribution of 16.26 percent, while the contribution to increasing the value of oil and gas imports is 1.56 percent," he said at a press conference, Monday, August 15.

Meanwhile, on an annual basis, the import value in July 2024, which amounted to 21.74 billion US dollars, rose 11.07 percent compared to the same period last year which amounted to 19.57 billion US dollars.

Amalia said that the value of oil and gas and gas imports in July 2024 on an annual basis increased by 13.59 percent and 10.06 percent, respectively.

The increase in the value of oil and gas imports was driven by an increase in volume and an increase in the average aggregate price.

"We can more specifically convey that the oil and gas group that experienced a fairly high increase in import value was imports of oil products which increased by 30 percent. Meanwhile, the increase in the value of non-oil and gas imports was driven by an increase in volume of 31.74 percent," he said.