RI Still Imports Vegetables from China to Ethiopia

NasionalIndonesia. The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded imports in the November 2018 period of US $ 16.88 billion or Rp. 244.76 trillion (exchange rate of Rp. 14,500). This number grew 11.68% compared to the same period in 2017.

From BPS data, non-oil and gas imports also contributed to increased imports. For example, vegetable imports in the November 2018 period rose US $ 57 million or 140%. Most of the imports came from China as much as 94 tons or US $ 81 million in November.

But BPS does not specify the most imported types of vegetables from the Bamboo Curtain country.
Then Indonesia also imports 3 tons of vegetables from Ethiopia or US $ 3.04 million. Then from Australia as much as 1.4 tons or worth US $ 1.4 million.

BPS said that imported vegetable species that entered Indonesia were garlic valued at US $ 78 million, up 140.49% compared to the October 2018 period of US $ 22.7 million. Furthermore, for peanuts, it was recorded at US $ 5.1 million, growing 39.73 percent compared to the October period.

Then there is potato imports of US $ 1.9 million, growing 98.27% from the October period of US $ 1.1 million. Then onions US $ 5.9 million grew 4.75 percent compared to October 2018 at US $ 5.7 million.

Then beverage imports also rose to SU $ 75.2 million, up 470% from the October 2018 period. Subsequently, nickel imports increased by 404%, up US $ 45.8 million compared to the previous month.

Furthermore, imports of railroad locomotives and equipment also increased by US $ 21.5 million, up 58% in November 2018.

However, there are also a number of goods which experienced a decline in imports, such as furry leather which fell 90.98% or worth US $ 1.24 million in November 2018 compared to the previous month.
Followed by mineral fuels which fell 5% or worth US $ 1.41 billion in November 2018, as well as imports of silk which fell 51% or worth US $ 542 million.

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