JAKARTA - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that Indonesia's trade balance in December 2025 recorded a surplus of US$ 2.51 billion.
With this achievement, Indonesia has recorded a trade balance surplus for 68 consecutive months since May 2020.
BPS Distribution and Services Statistics Deputy Ateng Hartono explained that the surplus in December 2025 was mainly driven by the performance of non-oil and gas trade which recorded a surplus of US$ 4.60 billion with a number of commodities contributing significantly to the achievement.
"The contributors to the surplus in December 2025 are animal or vegetable fats and oils, as well as mineral fuels, and iron and steel," he said in a press conference, Monday, February 2.
On the other hand, the trade balance of the oil and gas sector still experienced a deficit of US$ 2.09 billion, which was mainly due to crude oil and oil product imports.
Cumulatively, Indonesia's trade balance from January to December 2025 recorded a surplus of 41.05 billion US dollars.
"We see that the comparison is quite high compared to the January-December 2024 condition which reached 31.33 billion US dollars," he said.
The surplus during January to December 2025 was supported by a non-oil and gas trade surplus of 60.75 billion US dollars.
Meanwhile, the oil and gas sector still recorded a deficit of 19.70 billion US dollars.
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