EXPORT
• The value of exports through the port of loading in
the Sumatera Utara region in February 2020 increased compared to
January 2020, from US $ 590.02 million to US $ 684.01 million or an increase of
15.93 percent. When compared to February 2019, Sumatera Utara's exports
experienced an increase of 18.83 percent.
• The group of goods that experienced the largest increase in
the value of Sumatera Utara's exports in February 2020 against January
2020 was the group of fats and animal / vegetable oils of US $ 77.06 million
(37.37%). The biggest decline in export value occurred in various chemical
products by US $ 3.65 million (-5.82%).
• Exports to the United States in February 2020 were the largest
at US $ 79.47 million followed by India at US $ 66.22 million and China at US $
44.14 million with the contribution of the three reaching 27.75 percent.
• According to the group of main export destinations in February
2020, exports to the Asian region (outside ASEAN) were the largest with a value
of US $ 203, 20 million (29.71 percent).
IMPORT
• Import value through Sumatera Utara in February 2020
on the basis of CIF (cost, insurance & freight) of US $ 317.88 million, or
decreased by 18.77 percent compared to January 2020 which reached US $ 391.34
million. When compared with the same month in the previous year, the value of
imports increased by 7.07 percent.
• Import value by category of use of goods in February 2020
compared to January 2020, capital goods fell by 54.93 percent, raw / auxiliary
materials decreased by 9.64 percent and consumption goods decreased by 27.77
percent.
• In February 2020, the group that experienced the highest
increase in import value was mineral fuels of US $ 5.12 million (11.41%). The
category of goods that experienced the greatest decline in import values were
machineries / aircraft mechanics at US $ 38.92 million (-51.40%).
• The February 2020 import value from Malaysia was the largest
at US $ 62.24 million with a contribution of 19.58 percent of the
total Sumatera Utara imports, followed by China at US $ 61.45 million
(19.33%) and Australia at US $ 24, 93 million (7.84%).
