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Ateng Hartono, Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics at the Statistics Indonesia (BPS), said Wednesday that cumulative exports in the first five months of the year rose 3.02% year-on-year, as reported by the country’s national news agency Antara.
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A worker seen at a broiler chicken farm feed and sort chickens in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on May 2, 2026. Photo by NurPhoto via AFP |
The manufacturing sector made the largest contribution to export growth, accounting for 5.38%.
Imports in the January-May period climbed 15.24% year-on-year, driven mainly by a 10.35% increase in imports of raw materials and intermediate goods, Hartono said.
In May alone, Indonesia posted a trade deficit of $1.61 billion. May exports fell 5.73% from a year earlier, while imports jumped 22.1%, he said.
