Indonesia's Most Imported Goods: What Are They?

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported that Indonesia's total import value in January 2022 reached US$18.21 billion. This figure is down 14.71% compared to the previous month.

Imports from oil and gas amounted to US$2.23 billion and non-oil and gas amounted to US$15.98 billion, contributing 12.24% and 87.76%, respectively.

By commodity group, the largest portion of major import items during January 2022 was machinery and transportation equipment at US$5.55 billion, accounting for 30.46% of total national imports. This value increased by 32.76% from the same month last year.

The next largest imports came from manufactured goods, amounting to US$3.5 billion (19.49%). This was followed by chemicals and their products at US$3.09 billion (16.99%), mineral oils and fuels at US$2.38 billion (13.07%), and food and live animals at US$1.5 billion (8.29%).

Compared to January 2021, significant increases were observed in manufactured goods (62.09%), raw materials and mining products (38.26%), and mineral oils and fuels (36.18%).

Of Indonesia's total imports in January 2022, China was the main source country, accounting for 32.29% of total imports. The next largest source countries were Japan (7.65%), followed by Singapore (7.23%), South Korea (5.45%), and Thailand (5.16%).