Indonesia's Import Value Increases 4.14 Percent In May 2025 Capai 20.31 Billion US Dollars

Import exports (photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that Indonesia's import value in May 2025 reached 20.31 billion US dollars or an increase of 4.14 percent on an annual basis (year on year / yoy) when compared to May 2024 amounting to 19.51 billion US dollars.

Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics at the Central Statistics Agency of BPS Pudji Ismartini revealed that the performance of non-oil and gas imports in May 2025 reached 17.67 billion US dollars, an increase of 5.44 percent compared to May 2024 of 16.76 billion US dollars.

Meanwhile, the value of oil and gas imports in May 2025 was US$2.64 billion, down by 3.80 percent when compared to the same period in 2024 worth US$2.75 billion.

"The increase in the annual import value was driven by an increase in the value of non-oil and gas imports by contributing an increase of 4.67 percent," he said at a press conference Tuesday, July 1.

Pudji conveyed that the import value according to use in May 2025 saw an increase in imports in the consumption goods and capital goods group on an annual basis.

He conveyed that imports of consumer goods reached 1.83 billion US dollars, an increase of 5.28 percent when compared to the same period in 2024 worth 1.74 billion US dollars.

Furthermore, imports of capital goods reached US$4.44 billion, an increase of 24.85 percent when compared to the same period in 2024 of US$3.56 billion.

Meanwhile, imports of auxiliary raw materials reached 14.05 billion US dollars, down 1.18 percent when compared to the same period in 2024 worth 14.21 billion US dollars.