The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that Indonesia's export value from January to December 2024 reached USD 264.70 billion or increased by 2.29% compared to the same period in 2023. Acting Head of BPS Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said that of this value, non-oil and gas exports reached USD 248.83 billion or increased by 2.46% while oil and gas exports reached USD 15.88 billion, down 0.28%. She expressed that if we look at it by sector, the increase in the value of non-oil and gas exports throughout 2024 will occur mainly in the processing industry sector, then agriculture. These two sectors, namely the processing industry and agriculture sectors, are the main drivers of the increase in non-oil and gas exports in 2024 with a contribution of 3.84% and 0.51% respectively to the growth of non-oil and gas exports.
Throughout 2024, BPS noted that the most exported commodity by Indonesia was mineral fuels, which accounted for 15.94% of total non-oil and gas exports, with a value of USD 39.65 billion. However, exports of this commodity fell 9% compared to 2023. At the point HS 27 is the commodity most exported by Indonesia. Meanwhile, the main destination countries for this mineral fuel commodity are China with a share of 35.03%, India 17.59% and Japan 9.77%. And according to the commodities with the highest increase in export value, namely iron and steel goods or HS 73, this is in first place with the main export destination being China, whose share of total exports reached 1.38%.
