Import of Natural Capital Goods Shows the Biggest Drop in January 2021
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The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded a year-on-year (yoy) decrease in imports across all goods categories in January 2021. Capital goods experienced the highest decline, falling 10.72% from US$2.2 billion in January 2020 to US$2 billion in January 2021.
Raw materials/intermediate goods imports decreased by 6.1%, from US$10.6 billion to US$9.9 billion. Meanwhile, imports of consumer goods fell by 2.92%, from US$1.5 billion to US$1.4 billion.
Indonesia's total imports in January 2021 amounted to US$13.3 billion, down 6.49% compared to January 2020, which totaled US$14.3 billion. Compared to December 2020, which amounted to US$14.4 billion, the decrease in imports reached 7.59%.
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