Top Indonesian Exports & Imports

Cotton apparel & natural rubber lead Indonesian exports to the U.S. while corn, generators & copper are among the fastest-growing Indonesian imports from America.

With a population of some 235 million, Indonesia exported US$13.4 billion worth of merchandise to the United States in 2006, up 11.2% from 2005 and up 39% in 4 years.

Indonesian imports from the U.S. rose 0.8% to $3.1 billion in 2006, up 20.4% since 2002.

In terms of the merchandise flow between the two countries, America’s trade deficit with Indonesia was $10.3 billion in 2006, up 31.4% from 2002. The U.S. trade deficit with Indonesia increased 15.2% in 2006 – up from the 10.1% deficit increase in 2005 from the year earlier.

Indonesian Exports to U.S.

Of the $13.4 billion in American imports from Indonesia in 2006, the following product categories had the highest values.

1. Cotton apparel & household furnishings … US$2.1 billion (15.5% of Indonesia from U.S. imports, up 33.7% from 2005)
2. Other textile apparel & household furnishings … $1.4 billion (10.8%, up 18.2%)
3. Natural rubber & other gums … $1.2 billion (9.1%, up 26.8%)
4. Fish & shellfish … $780.7 million (5.8%, up 7.4%)
5. Furniture & other household items (e.g. baskets) … $643.7 million (4.8%, up 4.5%)
6. Sporting & camping apparel, footwear & gear … $523.4 million (3.9%, up 2%)
7. Televisions, DVD players & other video equipment … $515.1 million (3.8%, down 39.1%)
8. Car parts & accessories … $367.3 million (2.7%, up 15.5%)
9. Computer accessories, peripherals & parts … $331.8 million (2.5%, down 20.5%)
10. Crude oil … $314 million (2.3%, down 6%).

Fastest-Growing Indonesian Exports to U.S.

Below are American imports from Indonesia in 2006 with the highest percentage sales increases from 2005.

1. Other petroleum products … US$75.6 million (up 179,000% from 2005)
2. Motorcycle parts … $5.4 million (up 489%)
3. Other non-agricultural foods & food additives … $2.2 million (up 231%)
4. Industrial inorganic chemicals … $3.3 million (up 229%)
5. Fuel oil … $167 million (up 213%%).

Indonesian Imports from U.S.

Of the $3.1 billion in American exports to Indonesia in 2006, the following product categories had the highest values.

1. Soybeans …US$299.4 million (9.7% of Indonesia to U.S. exports, down 6.1% from 2005)
2. Raw cotton … $275.6 million (9%, down 0.7%)
3. Corn … $165.3 million (5.4%, up 250.9%)
4. Other chemicals … $157.1 million (5.1%, down 17.2%)
5. Plastic materials … $93.4 million (3%, up 30.5%)
6. Pulpwood … $86.3 million (2.8%, up 30.1%)
7. Dairy products & eggs … $81.5 million (2.6%, up 57%)
8. Manmade cloth … $78.6 million (2.6%, up 24.1%)
9. Organic chemicals … $73.8 million (2.4%, down 7.9%)
10. Drilling & oilfield equipment … $67.9 million (2.2%, up 28.4%).

Fastest-Growing Indonesian Imports from U.S.

Below are American exports to Indonesia in 2006 with the highest percentage sales increases from 2005.

1. Corn … US$165.3 million (up 251% from 2005)
2. Generators & accessories … $37.9 million (up 201%)
3. Copper … $6.2 million (up 195%)
4. Trucks, buses & special purpose vehicles … $6.6 million (up 175%)
5. Glass plates & sheets … $2.4 million (up 152%).

Sources for this Article

This article presents independent calculations and insights based on data drawn from the CIA World Factbook and the U.S. Census Bureau – Foreign Trade Statistics.

Central Bank of Indonesia in Jakarta

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