Vegetable and animal oils (nearly 80 percent of which came from crude palm oil (CPO)), topped the list of the Indonesia`s non-oil/gas exports last year, contributing 14.46 percent of the total non-oil/gas exports. This also means that vegetable and animal oil exports rose to US$15.53 billion in 2008 from US$10.23 billion the year before.
While Mineral fuel came in second with a value of US10.67 billion, accounting for 9.89 percent of the total non-oil/gas exports.
Machinery and electrical appliances comes next, contributed 7.51 percent of the total non-oil/gas exports with US$8.09 billion compared to US$7.52 billion the previous year
Next in line is Rubber and rubber-based product exports made up 7.04 percent of the total non-oil/gas exports, increasing to US$7.59 billion in 2008 from US$6.25 billion a year earlier
And lastly, Mechanic appliances contributed 4.84 percent of the total non-oil/gas exports with a value of US$4.68 billion in 2008 from US$5.21 billion in 2007
Well, let’s just hope we can keep up the export performance this year ![]()
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This is a fantastic news! I think there many developing countries who are still saved from the daunting effects of recession and what it has done to the people in the developed world. Positive growth is good and developing countries are doing well.