Indonesia revises up June’s trade surplus

• Aug 15, 2017

JAKARTA – Indonesia’s statistics bureau on Tuesday said it has revised the value of exports and imports in June, resulting in a bigger trade surplus that month.

The bureau said Indonesia’s trade surplus in June was around $1.67 billion instead of the $1.63 billion initial estimate given a month ago.

June exports were revised to $11.66 billion from an initial $11.64 billion, while imports were revised to $9.99 billion from $10.01 billion.

Earlier on Tuesday, the bureau gave an early calculation of foreign trade of Southeast Asia’s largest economy in July, showing a deficit of $271 million.

Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/world/1306524/indonesia-revises-up-junes-trade-surplus