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Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Yogyakarta Special Region recorded the province's export value surging by 14.24 percent month-to-month (mtm) and 26.3 percent year-on-year (yoy) to US$59.35 million in December 2024. The data was conveyed by BPS Yogyakarta Head Herum Fajarwati during BPS Yogyakarta's Official Statistics News release at its office's Truntum Room on Feb. 3, 2025.
The United States (US) was the largest export destination country for Yogyakarta, with the province's export value to the US reaching US$23.92 million. It is followed by Germany at US$8.38 million and Japan at US$4.70 million. Exports to the three countries accounted for 62.34 percent of Yogyakarta's total exports.
Exports to the European Union and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries reached US$16.4 and US$1.86 million, respectively. Yogyakarta's industrial manufacturing sector recorded 17.69 percent mtm export growth in December 2024. On the other hand, the province's agricultural sector exports dropped by 59.74 percent.
"The non-knitted ready-to-wear (RTW) clothing commodity recorded the highest increase in December 2024 with an additional value of US$10.84 million compared to the previous month," said Herum.
Meanwhile, knitted goods experienced the deepest export decline with a difference of US$850,000.
On the import side, the value of goods entering Yogyakarta declined 21.47 percent mtm to US$15.84 million in December 2024, but it also soared 27.13 percent yoy. China became the largest supplier country with US$7.57 million import value from the country, followed by Hong Kong with US$3.46 million and Taiwan with US$1.04 million. Meanwhile, imports from the United States decreased sharply to US$4.52 million.
Overall, Yogyakarta's balance of trade (BoT) surplus rose from US$34.53 million in December 2023 to US$43.51 million in December 2024.
