East Kalimantan Favored with Surplus in International Trade

Samarinda, E Kalimantan (ANTARA Kaltim) - The province of East Kalimantan was favored with a surplus of US$9.73 billion (Rp122.76 trillion) in its international trade in the first eight months of this year.

"The surplus was earned from exports worth US$11.16 billion of commodities to various other countries with imports valued only at US$1.93 billion," head of the provincial office of the Central Bureau of Statistics Muhammad Habibullah said here on Friday.

The export commodities of the province are mainly mineral fuels including oil and gas and coal valued at US$10.30 billion. Oil and gas exports alone were valued at US$2.73 billion and coal exports were valued at US$7.54 billion.

Exports of animal and vegetable fats and oils and derivatives were valued at US$369.9 million, fertilizers at US$86.53 million, timber and timber products at US$131.2 million, inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals, precious metals and radio active elements valued at US$189.88 million.

Exports of organic chemicals alone were valued at US$52.39 million, multifarious chemical products US$17.6 million, nuclear reactor, kettle, machines and mechanical equipment and parts US$4.37 million, fish, crustacea, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrate valued at US$1.61 million.

The countries of destination for the exports of oil and gas included Japan to which exports of the commodities were valued at US$986.58 million, South Korea US$467.53 million and Singapore US$209.52 million, Taiwan US$578.23 million and China US$57.24 million.

Commodities other than oil and gas were exported to China valued at US$1.89 billion, India valued at US$2 billion , South Korea US$1 billion , Japan US$924 million, the Philippines US$517.32 million, Thailand US$438 million and Malaysia US$384.28 million.

The imports of the province were valued at US$1.93 billion including oil and gas fuel and refined products, bitumen products and mineral valued at US$1.42 billion; nuclear reactor, kettles, machines and mechanical equipment and parts valued at US$236.25 million, rubber and rubber products valued at US$44.45 million, and other valued at US$55.12 million.

The commodities were imported from various countries including oil and gas and refined products from Nigeria valued at US$450.52 million, from Turkey valued at US$44.56 million, South Korea US$192.83 million and Malaysia US$316.07 million and Singapore US$66.86 million.

"Commodities other than oil and gas were imported from China valued at US$87.58 million, from Japan US$59.14 million, Singapore US$61.22 million, the United States US$58.32 million, France US$26 million and Australia US$39.22 million," Habibullah said. (*)