Early in the Year, This Data Shows Signs of Indonesia's Economy Gaining Momentum

Jakarta — All of Indonesia’s imports by commodity use increased in January 2026, reversing the direction of performance across all types of imports in January 2025, which had declined sharply.

Total Indonesian imports in January 2026 experienced growth of 18.21% compared with January 2025, reaching US$21.20 billion. This was supported by non-oil and gas commodity imports of US$18.04 billion and oil and gas imports of US$3.17 billion.

“In January 2026, there was an increase in imports for all commodity use categories on a year-on-year basis,” said Ateng Hartono, Deputy for Distribution Statistics and Services at the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), during a press conference at BPS headquarters in Jakarta on Monday, 2 March 2026.

The largest import increase occurred for capital goods, rising 35.23%, growing from US$3.32 billion in January 2025 to US$4.49 billion. This signals economic momentum, as capital goods can drive increased production.

The next fastest growth was in imports of raw materials and intermediate goods, at 14.87%. The value increased from US$12.97 billion to US$14.88 billion.

“The increase in import value on a year-on-year basis is mainly driven by imports of raw materials and intermediate goods. Import values rose 14.67% with a contribution increase of 10.61%,” Ateng said.

Finally, consumer goods imports also experienced double-digit growth of 11.81%. The value rose to US$1.84 billion from US$1.64 billion in January 2025.