Defisit Perdagangan Pertama di Era Jokowi-JK, US$346,6 juta pada November 2015

Indonesian Records US$346.4m Trade Deficit in November

Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Defisit Perdagangan Pertama di Era Jokowi-JK, US$346,6 juta pada November 2015
Kepala BPS Suryamin (Foto: istimewa)

Jakarta (B2B) - Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) menyatakan neraca perdagangan dalam satu tahun Pemerintahan Joko Widodo - Jusuf Kalla, neraca perdagangan Indonesia mengalami defisit pada November 2015, yakni US$346,6 juta atau hampir Rp4,67 triliun.

Kepala BPS Suryamin mengatakan defisit pada  November sebagai yang pertama terjadi tahun ini, sekaligus pertama kali di era Jokowi-JK.

"Sebelumnya, kita surplus terus. Namun pada bulan November lalu kita defisit ini yang pertama kalinya," kata Suryamin di Kantor BPS pada Selasa (15/12) di Jakarta.

Dia menambahkan, akumulasi neraca perdagangan secara tahun ke tahun (year on year/yoy), tetap  surplus US$7,8 miliar.

Menurut Suryamin nilai ekpor pada November lalu US$11,16 miliar atau merosot 7,91% ketimbang Oktober 2015. "Jika dibanding dengan tahun lalu, turunnya sampai 17,58 persen."

Sementara dari bulan ke bulan, ekspor migas naik 14,67% dari US$ 1,38 miliar pada Oktober ke US$1,58 miliar pada November. Sedangkan ekspor nonmigas justru anjlok 10,81% dari US$10,74 miliar ke US$9,58 miliar.

Mengenai potret impornya pada November 2015 mencapai US$ 11,51 miliar, atau terkerek naik 3,61% dari Oktober 2015, sementara dibanding Novermber 2014 terjadi penurunan 18,03%.

Jika dilihat secara bulanan, ekspor migas turun 6,95% dari US$ 1,76 miliar (Oktober) ke US$ 1,64 miliar (November). Untuk ekspor nonmigas naik 5,60% dari US$ 9,35 miliar ke US$ 9,87 miliar.

Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Statistics Agency called the BPS stated has posted its first monthly trade deficit in 2015 around US$346.4 million in 2015, November according to the head of agency.

"This is the first trade deficit after surpluses were recorded in the earlier months," Head of BPS Suryamin told reporters here on Tuesday.

He said that the deficit in November was  caused by US$0.06 billion deficit in the oil and gas sector and US$0.29 billion in the non-oil and gas sector.

Imports in November were recorded at US$11.51 billion, while exports reached US$11.16 billion, Suryamin said.

He added that in terms of volume of trade, a surplus of 28.27 million tons was contributed by a surplus of 0.56 million tons in the oil and gas sector and 27.81 million tons in the non-oil and gas sector.

He said compared to export-import performances in ASEAN countries, especially with Thailand, Indonesia suffered a deficit of US$250.6 million in November.

In its trade with the European Union, Indonesia only suffered a US$71.4 million deficit with Germany.

Especially with China, the deficit was recorded at US$1.5 billion in November, while in the earlier months of 2015, the deficit had reached US$14.42 billion.

"In just one month the deficit with China may reach US$1.5 billion," Suryamin said.

Cumulatively, during the period between January and November, Indonesias balance of trade was still in surplus of US$7.81 billion, with exports reaching US$138.42 billion and imports, US$130.61 billion.