KBRN, Jakarta: Indonesia's trade balance performance in October 2025 showed a positive trend again, recording a surplus of USD 2.39 billion (IDR 39,83 trillion). The export's value rose 6.96 percent year-on-year (yoy) to USD 24.24 billion, while imports increased 2.19 percent to USD 21.84 billion.

Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics at the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Pudji Ismartini, said that Indonesia's trade balance from January to October 2025 cumulatively recorded a surplus of USD 35.88 billion.

“The surplus from January to October 2025 was supported by a surplus of non-oil and gas commodities amounting to USD 51.51 billion, while oil and gas commodities still experienced a deficit of USD 15.63 billion,” said Pudji in a press conference in Jakarta on Monday, December 1, 2025, as quoted by Antara.

Pudji said that the trade balance's positive growth was supported by key commodities, among them animal/vegetable fats and oils, mineral fuels, iron and steel, nickel, and footwear. Animal/vegetable fats and oils contributed the most with a value of USD 28.12 billion, while mineral fuels contributed USD 22.59 billion.

In addition, iron and steel contributed USD 15.79 billion, and nickel products contributed USD 7.39 billion. Meanwhile, footwear contributed USD 5.47 billion from January to October 2025.

The most significant export shares were to China, the United States (US), and India, contributing 41.84 percent to total non-oil and gas exports. The value of exports to China reached USD 52.45 billion, the US USD 25.56 billion, and India USD 15.32 billion.

For imports, the January-October 2025 period recorded USD 198.16 billion, a growth of 2.19 percent (yoy). The highest value came from the non-oil and gas sector at USD 171.61 billion, while the oil and gas sector fell 12.67 percent to USD 26.56 billion.

Imports of capital goods increased to USD 40.55 billion, up 18.67 percent from the previous year. China was the primary import origin for non-oil and gas goods with a value of USD 70.19 billion, followed by Japan with USD 12.17 billion (7.09 percent) and the US with USD 8.17 billion (4.76 percent). ***