Indonesia`s imports up 20 pct last year 

Tuesday, 01 February  2011

ANTARA News Agency

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s imports last year jumped 40.05 percent to US$135.61 billion from the year before, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said.

Oil and gas imports in 2010 rose 44.16 percent to US$27.36 billion from the previous year, with crude oil imports increasing 15.16 percent to US$1.12 billion, and oil products 61.93 percent to US$6.89 billion, BPS Chief Rusman Heriawan said here on Tuesday.

"Gas imports also rose US$374.1 million or 76.49 percent," he said.

Meanwhile, non-oil/non-gas imports last year reached US$108.24 billion, an 39.04 percent increase compared to a year earlier.

Rusman said the 2011 non-oil/non-gas imports were dominated by machinery and mechanical appliances (18.49 percent), electrical appliances (14.44 percent) and motor vehicles and spare parts (5.30 percent).

"The import of consumer goods only contributed 7.37 percent to the overall non-oil/non-gas imports, with the import of raw and auxiliary materials for manufacturing industries reaching 72.78 percent," he said.

China was listed as the largest supplier of imported goods to Indonesia last year, with 18.19 percent of the overall imports. This was followed by Japan (15.62 percent), Singapore (9.29 percent), the United States (8.58 percent) and Thailand (6.85 percent), he said.

"Japan and China contributed the greatest chunk of Indonesia`s imports throughout 2010," he said.

Meanwhile, Indonesia`s imports from other ASEAN member states accounted for 22.03 percent and European Union 9.02 percent of its overall imports last year, he said.