EXPORT
Export value through loading port in Sumatera Utara area in June 2018
decreased compared to May 2018 from US $ 871.11 million to US $ 549.93
million or decreased by 36.87 percent. When compared to June 2017,
Sumatera Utara exports decreased by 13.00 percent.
The greatest decline in export value of Sumatera Utara in June 2018 to
May 2018 occurred in fats and animal / vegetable oil (HS 15) of US $
126.57 million (-37.27%) followed by chemical products (HS 38) $ 36.42
million (-37.38%), and rubber and rubber goods (HS 40) of US $ 35.77
million (-32.97%).
Exports to the United States in June 2018 were the largest with US $
72.71 million, followed by China with US $ 68.12 million and India with
US $ 38.34 million with contribution of 32.58 percent.
According to export destination countries in June 2018, exports to the
Asian region (outside ASEAN) were the largest with a value of US $
183.66 million (33.40 percent).
IMPORT
Import value through Sumatera Utara June
2018 based on CIF (cost, insurance & freight) of US $ 390.15
million, or decreased by 30.67 percent compared to May 2018 which
reached US $ 563.47 million. When compared with the same month in the
previous year, import value increased by 31.15 percent.
Import value of June 2018 compared to May 2018, capital goods decreased
by 39.31 percent, raw material / helpers decreased by 23.89 percent,
and consumer goods decreased by 57.78 percent.
In June 2018, the category of goods that experienced the greatest
decline in the value of imports was the waste of food industry (HS 23)
of US $ 24.77 million (-53.90%), while the category of goods that
experienced the largest increase in import value of fuel minerals (HS27)
of US $ 19.41 million (27.77%).
The import value of June 2018 from China was the largest of US $ 112.20
million with its role reaching 28.76 percent of total Sumatera
Utara imports, followed by Singapore amounting to US $ 77.11 million
(19.77%), and Malaysia with US $ 28 , 81 million (7.38%).
