Indonesia's Trade Balance Surplus June 2025 Down To 4.10 Billion US Dollars

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JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that the trade balance in June 2025 again recorded a surplus of 4.10 billion US dollars or lower than the previous month which reached 4.30 billion US dollars.

Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics Center Agency (BPS) Pudji Ismartini revealed that the trade balance surplus in June 2025 occurred because the export value was higher than the import value.

The export value performance in June 2025 reached 23.44 billion US dollars, or an increase of 11.29 percent year on year (yoy), but decreased monthly by 4.75 percent month to month (mtm).

Meanwhile, the performance of the import value in June 2025 reached US$ 19.33 billion US dollars, or an increase of 4.28 percent (yoy), but fell 4.83 percent (mtm).

"Indonesia's trade balance has recorded a surplus of 62 consecutive months since May 2020," he said at a press conference, Friday, August 1.

He revealed that the surplus in June 2025 was supported by non-oil and gas (oil and gas) commodities of 5.22 billion US dollars.

However, this commodity has decreased from the previous month which reached 5.83 billion US dollars.

"With commodities contributing to the main surplus, vegetable animal fat (HS 15), mineral fuel (HS 27), and iron and steel (HS 72)," he explained.

Meanwhile, Pudji said that oil and gas commodities were still recorded to have a deficit of 1.11 billion US dollars, although the deficit was lower than the previous month which reached 1.53 billion US dollars.

He added that the commodities contributing to the deficit in oil and gas are crude oil and oil products.

Secara kumulatif atau Januari hingga Juni 2025, kinerja neraca perdagangan mencapai 19,48 miliar dolar as, atau meningkat 3,90 miliar dolar AS dibandingkan dengan periode yang sama pada tahun lalu.

Selain itu, nilai ekspor non migas mencapai 28,31 miliar dolar as, atau naik 2,63 miliar dolar as, sedangkan nilai ekspor migas terkontraksi 8,83 miliar dolar AS, meski lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan periode sama pada tahun lalu yang mencapai kontraksi 10,11 miliar dolar AS.

Cumulatively or January to June 2025, the trade balance performance reached 19.48 billion US dollars, or an increase of 3.90 billion US dollars compared to the same period last year.

In addition, the value of non-oil and gas exports reached 28.31 billion US dollars, or an increase of 2.63 billion US dollars, while the value of oil and gas exports contracted 8.83 billion US dollars, although lower than the same period last year which reached a contraction of 10.11 billion US dollars.