Indonesia’s 2024 Non-Oil Exports to BRICS Founders Make Up 34% of Total, China Dominates

Exports to the five founding BRICS members, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, totaled more than $84 billion in 2024, a dip from $85.6 billion in 2023. STR/AFP

Indonesia’s non-oil and gas exports to BRICS nations saw a slight decline in 2024, according to the latest report from the Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS). Exports to the five founding BRICS members, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, totaled more than $84 billion in 2024, a dip from $85.6 billion in 2023.

These exports represented almost 34% of Indonesia’s total non-oil and gas exports for the year. Indonesia’s total of non-oil and gas exports in 2024 hit US$ 248.83 billion, surpassing the US$ 242.85 billion recorded in 2023.

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