Several food commodities cannot be met by domestic production, forcing the government to import them from abroad. Of the 7 commodities below, wheat and meslin were the most imported, reaching 8.34 million tons with a value of US$2.1 billion during the January-October 2018 period.
The second largest commodity import was sugar, weighing 4.08 million tons with a value of US$1.47 billion. The third largest was salt, with imports totaling 2.29 million tons valued at US$73 million.
Indonesia's largest wheat and meslin imports during the January-October period of last year originated from Australia, reaching 2.37 million tons. The largest sugar imports came from Thailand, reaching 3.42 million tons, and the largest salt imports came from Australia, reaching 2.07 million tons.
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