InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Central Bureau of Statistic (CBS) released the reports that showed increasing agriculture exports in January 2024 from Indonesia. the data showed the agricultural exports increased 5,32 percent to the previous month (month-to-Month/M-to-M), and 0,11 percent to the previous year (Year-on-Year/Y-on-Y).

Palm oil sector was the main commodity in January 2024 exports that massively contributed to the revenue in Indonesia that reached about 33,72 percent. This is a pride when other non-oil and gas sectors got decreasing performance.

Head in duty of CBS, Amalia Widyasanti said that the increasing exports in agricultural sector happened for some factors, for instance, palm oil products themselves, and swallow nests. The other sectors got decreasing performance, for instance, the industries decreasing 4,13 percent and mining sectors about 23,93 percent to the previous month.

Non-oil and gas in January 2024 exports from Indonesia totally reached US$ 19,13 billion, agricultural sectors significantly contributed about US$ 374 million.

Head of Public Relation and Information Ministry of Agriculture, Kuntoro Boga Andri told that agriculture is the strategic sector nationally that positively keeps contributing in export and economy.

“Agriculture is the mainstay sector to reinforce the economy in the nation. That is why the government keeps increasing, reinforcing the production and downstream sectors nationally,” he said. (T2)