JAKARTA – The trade of balance throughout 2022 reported a surplus of USD 54.46 billion, supported by the non-oil and gas sector. On the contrary, the oil and gas sector recorded a deficit throughout last year.

Based on the data from Statistics Indonesia (lit. Badan Pusat Statistik/BPS) quoted Monday (16/1), Efliza ME, Director of Distributive Statistics, confirmed that the oil and gas sector saw a deficit of USD 24.39 billion, whereas the non-oil and gas sector recorded a surplus of USD 78.84 billion.

For comparison, in the same period last year, the oil and gas also recorded a deficit of USD 13.28 billion, while the non-oil and gas scored a surplus of USD 48.70 billion. Thus, the trade surplus in general clocked up to USD 35.41 billion.

Throughout 2022, the export clocked up to USD 291.97 billion, consisting of oil and gas export of USD 16.02 billion and non-oil and gas export of USD 275.95 billion. Then, as previously informed in IDNFinancials, the import in 2022 was totalled to USD 237.52 billion, comprising USD 40.41 billion of oil and gas import and USD 237.52 billion of non-oil and gas import.

The destination countries of non-oil and gas exports include China, Japan, the United States (US), and India. Meanwhile, the import came from China, Japan, Australia, and the US. (LK/ZH)