China Tops Indonesia Trade in 2025, Surplus Extends to 67 Months

China remained Indonesia’s top export market and import source as Indonesia posted a $38.54 billion trade surplus in Jan-Nov 2025, BPS said.
An aerial view shows cargo containers stacked aboard a ship at Jakarta International Container Terminal at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta on Aug. 7, 2025. China remained Indonesia’s top export market and import source as Indonesia posted a $38.54 billion trade surplus in Jan-Nov 2025, BPS said. (AFP photo)

China remained the top trading partner behind Indonesia’s widening trade surplus in the first 11 months of 2025, serving as both the country’s largest export destination and its biggest source of non-oil imports, official data showed.

Indonesia recorded a trade surplus of $38.54 billion from January through November 2025, up $9.3 billion from the same period a year earlier, according to Badan Pusat Statistik.

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