Indonesia's trade surplus exceeds 41 billion US dollars in 2025

Jakarta, February 2 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Central Bureau of Statistics released data on February 2, showing that driven by strong growth in non oil and gas exports, Indonesia's trade surplus reached $41.05 billion in 2025, significantly higher than the $31.33 billion in 2024.

Indonesia's Deputy Director of the Central Bureau of Statistics, Aten Hatono, stated at a press conference that in December 2025, Indonesia once again recorded a trade surplus, achieving 68 consecutive months of trade surplus since May 2020. Looking at the whole year, in 2025, Indonesia's export value will be 282.91 billion US dollars, import value will be 241.86 billion US dollars, and the cumulative trade surplus will reach 41.05 billion US dollars.

The data shows that the annual surplus is mainly supported by non oil and gas trade. By 2025, Indonesia's non oil and gas exports will reach 269.84 billion US dollars, with the manufacturing industry contributing 10.77% to the growth of non oil and gas exports. Palm oil and its derivatives, jewelry and precious metal products, organic basic chemicals, non-ferrous metal smelting products, as well as semiconductors and electronic components, have shown outstanding export performance.

From the perspective of export markets, China remains Indonesia's largest non oil and gas export destination, with the United States ranking second and India ranking third. The three major markets together account for 42.28% of Indonesia's total non oil and gas exports. From the perspective of bilateral trade structure, the country that contributes the most trade surplus to Indonesia in 2025 is the United States, followed by India and the Philippines.

In terms of imports, according to the category of goods, among the top ten non oil and gas import categories in Indonesia in 2025, the import of electrical machinery and equipment has the largest growth rate, with a year-on-year increase of 17.22%; The decline in steel imports was the most significant, with a year-on-year decrease of 11.17%.