Non-oil and gas exports rise 49.16% in November

JAKARTA: Indonesian non-oil and gas exports as per November rose 8.9% to US$12.59 billion from last month while for year-on-year it jumped 49.16%.

Cummulatively, during January–November 2010, non-oil and gas exports rose by 33.81% to US$115.94 billion.

Based on the data of Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) published today, the biggest non-oil and gas exports in November were contributed by mineral fuel in the amount of US$889.2 million while the biggest slump occurred at machinery/electrical equipment as much as US$69.7 million.

“In overall, both oil and gas as well as non-oil anf gas exports during 2010 from January to November reached US$140.65 billion. Regarding December's temporary trend of US$10 billion, 2010 export could reach US$150 billion,” said Head of BPS Rusman Heriawan to the press, today.

In terms of export destinations, China accounted for the largest export value per November totaling US$1.76 billion, followed by Japan with US$1.62 billion and the United States with US$1.12 billion and a shared contribution of 35.78%.

According to him, export performance, either from oil and gas or non-oil and gas in November, which broke a new record at US$15.34 billion in 2010, was supported by two main factors, namely the surging commodity prices at international market and better demand from the export destination countries that may trigger volume expansion. (T05/NOM)