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Indonesia Trade

Indonesia Trade

Merchandise Trade Balance in Indonesia

The merchandise trade balance in Indonesia averaged USD 25.4 billion in the decade to 2024. The 2024 reading was USD 39.9 billion. For more information on trade, visit our dedicated page.

Indonesia Trade Chart

Note: This chart displays Trade Balance (USD billion) for Indonesia from 2021 to 2024.
Source: Macrobond.

Indonesia Trade Data

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Merchandise Trade Balance (USD bn) 28.3 43.8 62.7 46.3 39.9

Merchandise export growth surges in May

Latest reading: Merchandise exports climbed 9.7% over the same month last year in May (April: +5.1% year-on-year). Meanwhile, merchandise imports increased 2.8% over the same month last year in May (April: +22.8% yoy). As a result, the merchandise trade balance improved from the previous month, recording a USD 4.9 billion surplus in May (April 2025: USD 1.0 billion surplus; May 2024: USD 3.3 billion surplus). Lastly, the trend improved, with the 12-month trailing merchandise trade balance recording a USD 42.7 billion surplus in May, compared to the USD 41.1 billion surplus in April.

Panelist insight: United Overseas Bank’s Enrico Tanuwidjaja and Vincentius Ming Shen said: “We expect trade surplus to moderate this year to USD28bn, down from USD31bn last year, USD36.9bn in 2023, and off record high of USD54.5bn back in 2022. Uncertainty arising from the reciprocal tariffs will likely affect external demand which will lead to slower export growth. On the other side, import may increase due to possibly Indonesia-US negotiations and risks of exportation of excess inventories from China.”

Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years

How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Indonesian trade projections for the next ten years from a panel of 13 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable trade forecast available for Indonesian trade.

Download one of our sample reports to visualize what a Consensus Forecast is and see our Indonesian trade projections.

Want to get access to the full dataset of Indonesian trade forecasts? Send an email to info@focus-economics.com.

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