Australia Sends Largest Wheat Shipment to Indonesia

Australia is Indonesia's largest supplier of wheat and meslin imports. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Indonesia's wheat imports from Australia reached 489,950 tons in August 2022.

Cumulatively, from January to August 2022, Indonesia's wheat imports from Australia totaled 2.55 million tons, valued at US$1.01 billion or approximately Rp15.1 trillion (using an exchange rate of Rp15,000 per US dollar).

This volume of wheat imports from Australia accounted for 39.8% of Indonesia's total national wheat imports of 6.4 million tons in the first ten months of the year. The value of wheat imports from January to October 2022 reached US$2.53 billion.

The next largest source country for wheat imports was Argentina, reaching 1.47 million tons valued at US$520.2 million in the first ten months of the year. This was followed by Canada with a volume of 839,380 tons valued at US$410.88 million, and India with 786,980 tons valued at US$312.35 million.

Indonesia also imported wheat from Brazil (594,260 tons valued at US$211.24 million), and other countries (164,700 tons valued at US$64.93 million).

In addition to wheat, Indonesia also imported 39,220 tons of wheat flour or meslin, valued at US$16.46 million. The following details the volume of wheat flour/meslin imports from January to August 2022:

Total: 39,223.21 tons

* India: 30,831.30 tons
* Vietnam: 2,770.24 tons
* South Korea: 2,603.00 tons
* United States: 1,762.53 tons
* Japan: 490.33 tons
* Others: 765.81 tons