JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that Indonesia's trade balance surplus in April 2025 was only US$0.16 billion, the lowest since May 2020.
Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics of BPS, Pudji Ismartini, said that Indonesia's trade balance surplus in April 2025 was a significant decline after Indonesia posted a trade surplus for 60 consecutive months.
"Monthly, the surplus in April 2025 is the lowest surplus since May 2020," he said at a press conference, Monday, June 2.
Pudji explained that the low trade surplus in April 2025 was due to a decrease in exports of 10.77 percent compared to March 2025, while the import value in April 2025 actually increased by 8.80 percent compared to the previous month.
According to Pudji, the pressure on the trade balance mainly came from a surge in non-oil and gas imports, which grew nearly 30 percent on an annual basis.
Pudji revealed that the trade balance surplus in April 2025 was supported by non-oil and gas (oil and gas) commodities of US $ 1.51 billion or lower than the previous month which reached US $ 6 billion.
He conveyed that the main contributors to the trade balance surplus from non-oil and gas commodities were mineral fuels (HS 27), animal/vegetable fats and oils (HS 15), as well as iron and steel (HS 72).
Meanwhile, he said the trade balance of oil and gas commodities recorded a deficit of US$1.35 billion, down when compared to the previous month which reached a deficit of US$1.67 billion and the main contributor to the oil and crude deficit.
"The surplus is still happening thanks to the export of mineral fuel, vegetable oil, as well as iron and steel," he explained.
Meanwhile, Indonesia's total export value in April 2025 reached 20.74 billion US dollars or an increase of 5.76 percent year on year (yoy) compared to April 2024 of 19.61 billion US dollars.
In addition, the value of oil and gas exports was recorded at 1.17 billion US dollars, down 13.38 percent when compared to April 2024 of 1.35 billion US dollars.
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Meanwhile, the value of non-oil and gas exports was recorded at a value of 19.57 billion US dollars, an increase of 7.17 percent compared to April 2024 of 18.26 billion US dollars.
Meanwhile, Indonesia's import value in April 2025 reached 20.59 billion US dollars or an increase of 21.84 percent year on year (yoy) compared to April 2024 of 16.90 billion US dollars.
The performance of non-oil and gas imports in April 2025 reached 18.07 billion US dollars, or an increase of 29.86 percent compared to April 2024 of 13.91 billion US dollars.
Meanwhile, the value of oil and gas imports in April 2025 was 2.52 billion US dollars, a decrease of 15.57 percent when compared to the same period in 2024 worth 2.98 billion US dollars.
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