Indonesia revises Aug trade data, exports see first growth in nearly 2 years

17 Oct, 2016

JAKARTA: Indonesia's statistics bureau on Monday revised higher its figures for exports, imports and the trade surplus in August.

The bureau said Indonesia had $12.75 billion of exports in August, up from its preliminary figure of $12.63 billion. The revision made August the first month in nearly two years in which there was an annual increase in exports.

Imports during August were revised up to $12.39 billion, from $12.34 billion.

The changes brought August's trade balance to around $360 million, up from the $293.6 million surplus the bureau reported a month ago.

Earlier on Monday, the bureau said Southeast Asia's largest economy had a trade surplus of $1.22 billion in September.

Indonesia has had a trade surplus every month this year.

Copyright Reuters, 2016

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