Indonesia Imported Salt Worth Rp1.5 Trillion in 2021

Indonesia is a country with a vast maritime territory. However, a significant portion of the country's salt needs are still met through imports.

According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), throughout 2021 Indonesia imported 2.8 million tons of salt, with a total value of US$107.5 million, or approximately Rp1.5 trillion (assuming an exchange rate of Rp14,197 per US$ as of December 31, 2021).

This import value increased by 13.7% (year-on-year/yoy) compared to the previous year, which amounted to US$94.5 million in 2020.

Looking back, the value of Indonesia's salt imports has been increasing since 2017 until 2019, as shown in the graph. The value slightly decreased by 0.9% (yoy) in 2020, but increased again in 2021.

The trend in the volume of Indonesian salt imports has also tended to increase over the past five years. In 2017, the volume of Indonesian salt imports was 2.5 million tons, then increased to 2.8 million tons in 2018.

The volume decreased once to 2.5 million tons in 2019. Then it increased again to 2.6 million tons in 2020, and increased further to 2.8 million tons in 2021.

In 2021, Australia was the largest supplier of imported salt to Indonesia, with a value of US$83.12 million. This value is equivalent to 77.3% of the total national salt imports.

India was in second place with imported salt supply valued at US$22.13 million (20.6%), followed by New Zealand at US$1.43 million (1.33%), China at US$340,200 (0.3%), and Denmark at US$217,300 (0.2%).

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