JAKARTA (JP): The country's total exports grew by 13.09 percent in 2007, a figure which was below the government's target of 14.5 percent, said the latest report from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).
The BPS report issued Friday shows exports reached a total value of US$113.99 billion last year.
Non-oil and gas export categories contributed a total of $91.94 billion, an increase of 15.51 percent compared with 2006.
The other category, oil and gas, reached $22.05 billion in total exports in 2007, an increase of four percent from $21.2 billion the previous year.
Within the non-oil and gas category, the sub category of vegetable oil and fat products was the largest contributor at 11.13 percent, of which some 90 percent included exports of crude palm oil products that reached $10.2 billion throughout the year.
The second largest contributor in the non-oil and gas sector was machinery and electrical goods with total exports worth $7.44 billion -- a growth of 8.09 percent.
Mineral products came in third place, with total exports at $7.06 billion, up by 7.69 percent. (and/**)
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