Year-on-year, the export value also shrank 12.65 percent, deputy chief of BPS Sasmito Hadi Wibowo told reporters here on Monday.
Exports of commodities other than oil and gas dropped US$100 million to US$10.56 billion from the previous months. Year-on-year, the exports fell 9.32 percent.
The sharpest fall was recorded in the exports of jewelry shrinking 18.05 percent to US$135.7 million and the steepest rise was recorded in the exports of edible oils especially crude palm oil that rose 12.75 percent to US$159 million.
Exports of commodities other than oil and gas to the United States were valued at US$1.34 billion or the largest in April, followed by exports to China that reached US$1.05 billion and Japan US$950 million.
"The United States has remained the largest destination for the countrys exports this year," Sasmito said.
Cumulatively , the countrys exports in the first four months of the year were valued at US$45.05 billion down 13.63 percent year-on-year.
Commodities other than oil and gas accounted for the bulk or US$40.70 billion of the exports or 9.54 percent lower year-on-year.
Exports of manufactured goods dropped 6.46 percent yoy in the first four months of the year, exports of mineral commodities fell 24.46 percent and exports of farm commodities shrank 19.84 percent. (*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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