-- Indonesia booked a trade surplus of $5.55 billion in the first quarter, supported by a strong non-oil and gas balance despite higher import growth, according to official data released by Statistics Indonesia on Monday.
Exports in the first quarter rose 0.34% annually to $66.9 billion, while imports climbed 10.05% to $61.30 billion.
In March alone, exports fell 3.1% from a year earlier to $22.53 billion, while imports edged up 1.5% to $19.21 billion, the data showed.