Jakarta, June 3 -- Indonesia's imports rose significantly by 21.84 percent in April year on year, driven primarily by shipments of capital goods and raw materials, while exports increased by 5.76 percent, according to data released by the Central Statistics Agency on Monday.
Imports reached 20.59 billion U.S. dollars in April, with non-oil and gas shipments from abroad climbing 29.86 percent year on year to 18.07 billion U.S. dollars.
Imports of capital goods in April jumped 36.28 percent year on year to 3.91 billion U.S. dollars. Imports of raw materials rose 18.93 percent to 14.97 billion U.S. dollars, while shipments of consumer goods increased by 18.46 percent to 1.70 billion U.S. dollars in the same month.
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