Indonesia's central statistic bureau (BPS) disclosed that the country's export rose almost 45 percent in the first half this year, thanks to a sharp increase in non-oil and gas exports, local media reported here on Tuesday.
Exports reached 72.52 billion between January and June, up 44. 83 percent from the same period last year.
BPS data showed first half non-oil and-gas-export increased 38. 37 percent to 59.36 billion from the same period in 2009.
Year-on-year mining export revenue increased 66.6 percent, export of industrial products increased 33.45 percent, and agricultural products increased 11.5 percent.
The government expects the total exports to expand by 15 percent this year.
June exports, however, were 2.87 percent lower than the previous month, dropping by 12.29 billion U.S. dollars from May's 12.66 billion U.S dollars.
The decrease was attributed to weak oil and gas exports, which slid 19.74 percent from 2.37 billion U.S. dollars in May to 1.9 billion U.S. dollars in June, the Jakarta Post reported.
Japan was still Indonesia's main export destination during the first half this year, purchasing 10.46 billion U.S. dollars of Indonesian products, or 12.87 percent of total exports.
The United States ranked the second with a total of 6.24 billion in purchase from Indonesia.
Meanwhile, China ranked the third at 6.05 billion U.S. dollars worth of purchases from Indonesia in the first half, the BPS said./.