Indonesia's Trade Balance In May 2025 Surplus 4.30 Billion US Dollars

Import exports (photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed that in May 2025 the trade balance recorded a surplus of 4.30 billion US dollars.

Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics Center Agency (BPS) Pudji Ismartini revealed that the surplus in May 2025 was driven by a surplus of non-oil and gas commodities of 5.83 billion US dollars with commodities contributing to the main surplus, namely animal or vegetable fats and oils, mineral fuels, and iron and steel.

"Indonesia's trade balance has recorded a surplus of 61 consecutive months since May 2020," he said at a press conference, Tuesday, July 1.

He added that at the same time the oil and gas trade balance recorded a deficit of 1.53 billion US dollars with commodities contributing to the deficit being oil and crude oil.

He conveyed that the cumulative trade balance in January to May 2025 was recorded at USD 15.38 billion, an increase of USD 2.32 billion, when compared to the surplus in the same period in the previous year which amounted to USD 13.06 billion.

Meanwhile, the contributor to the cumulative surplus in January-May 2025 was non-oil and gas of USD 23.10 billion, while oil and gas commodities still experienced a deficit of USD 7.72 billion.