Indonesia enjoys a US$14.27 billion surplus in its trade balance in the January-October 2009 period even though its exports during the period experienced a decline, a statistics official said.

“Our trade balance in October 2009 enjoys a surplus of US$2.41 billion and in the January-October 2009 period US$14.27 billion,” Head of the Central Board of Statistics (BPS) Rusman Heriawan said.

He said that the trade surplus increased if compared with that in the corresponding period a year earlier which stood at US$6.04 billion.

“The surplus in the January-October 2009 period is US$1.27 billion dollar. This is a two fold increase,” he said.

The accumulative values of Indonesia`s exports in the January-October 2009 period were recorded at US$92.03 billion, down 22.31 percent in the corresponding period a year earlier.

Non-oil and gas exports in the January – October 2009 period reached US$78.24 billion, which was 15.13 percent lower than the September figure.

At the same time, Indonesia`s imports in the January-October 2009 period stood at US$77.75 billion, down 30.84 percent from that in the same period in 2008.

Indonesia`s non-oil/non-gas imports in the January-October 2009 period were recorded at US$62.70 billion, down 25.57 percent compared with that in the same period a year earlier.

Source: Antara