Indonesia Consistently Achieves Trade Surplus For 59 Consecutive Months

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Indonesia Consistently Achieves Trade Surplus For 59 Consecutive Months

Thursday, 24 Apr 2025

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) stated that Indonesia again achieved a trade surplus in March 2025 of 4.43 billion US dollars or Rp72.78 trillion (exchange rate of Rp16,809), making the surplus this month the 59th profit since May 2020.

"Indonesia's trade balance has recorded a surplus for 59 consecutive months since May 2020," said BPS Head Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti in Jakarta, Monday.

She explained that during this period the value of Indonesia's exports reached 23.25 billion US dollars or Rp390.643 trillion, this figure experienced a monthly (month to month) and annual (year on year) increase of 5.95 percent and 3.16 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, the import value in March 2025 reached 18.92 billion US dollars or Rp317.94 trillion, with a monthly and annual increase of 0.38 percent and 5.34 percent, respectively.

Amalia explained that there are 10 commodities that make a major contribution to increasing Indonesia's exports, namely animal fats and oils, mineral fuels, iron and steel, electrical machinery and equipment, and vehicles and their parts.

Furthermore, nickel and its products, various chemical products, footwear, metal ores, slag and ash, and machinery and mechanical equipment. The total export value of the 10 groups reached 13.89 billion US dollars or Rp233.42 trillion.

Furthermore, Amalia conveyed the three countries that contributed to Indonesia's trade balance surplus in March 2025, namely the United States (US), with trade profits reaching 1.98 billion US dollars or Rp33.2 trillion, India 1.04 billion US dollars or Rp17.47 trillion, and the Philippines 714.1 million US dollars or Rp11.98 trillion. Meanwhile, countries with a higher import volume than exports or a trade deficit are China at 1.11 billion US dollars or Rp18.7 trillion, Australia 353.2 million US dollars or Rp5.93 trillion, and Thailand 195.4 million US dollars or Rp3.2 trillion.