Rekor! penerimaan negara tembus Rp 1.007 triliun

Penerimaan negara pada akhir tahun 2008 diperkirakan akan mencapai Rp 1.007 triliun. Itu adalah rekor yang baru pertama kali terjadi di dalam sejarah keuangan negara.

"Namun, anggaran belanja negara juga untuk pertama kalinya menembus level Rp 1.097,6 triliun akibat kenaikan berbagai anggaran, terutama subsidi bahan bakar minyak," ujar Menteri Keuangan Sri Mulyani Indrawati dalam rapat kerja dengan Panitia Anggaran DPR di Jakarta, mulai Selasa malam hingga Rabu (16/7) dini hari. Rapat tersebut membahas laporan kinerja perekonomian dan APBN-P 2008 dari pemerintah kepada DPR.

Menurut Sri Mulyani, dalam target awalnya, penerimaan negara ditetapkan di level Rp 895 triliun. Itu merupakan target dalam dalam APBN Perubahan (APBN-P) 2008. Dengan demikian, akan ada peningkatan penerimaan negara sebesar 12,5 persen di atas target APBN-P 2008.

Sumber penerimaan negara utama adalah kenaikan penerimaan perpajakan sebesar 5,2 persen, yakni dari target awal Rp 609,2 triliun menjadi Rp 641 triliun. Selain itu, terjadi peningkatan pada penerimaan negara bukan pajak dari target semula Rp 282,8 triliun menjadi Rp 363,1 triliun atau melonjak 28,4 persen. Lonjakan ini terutama disebabkan oleh kenaikan harga minyak mentah yang menyebabkan lonjakan pada penerimaan hasil penjualan minyak mentah Indonesia.

Adapun anggaran belanja negara dilaporkan melonjak dari target awal pada APBN-P 2008 sebesar Rp 989,5 triliun menjadi diperkirakan Rp 1.097,6 triliun. Kenaikan ini terutama didorong oleh lonjakan belanja subsidi BBM dari target awal Rp 126,8 triliun menjadi Rp 180,3 triliun. Kemudian subsidi listrik yang melonjak dari Rp 60,3 triilun menjadi Rp 88,4 triliun.

source: kompas.com | July 2008

Major ASEAN economies likely to deliver higher-than-expected growth

The major ASEAN economies are likely to deliver higher-than-expected growth this year, but the outlook for 2009 looks challenging, economists said in a published report on Saturday.

Morgan Stanley raised its 2008 growth forecast for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia to 5.6 per cent from an earlier estimate of 5.5 per cent.

The investment bank kept intact its recently upgraded GDP growth projections for Malaysia at 5.7 per cent and Thailand at 5.6 per cent.

It jacked up the forecast for Indonesia by half a point to 6 per cent and cut Singapore's from 5.1 per cent to 4.3 per cent, said the breakdown in The Business Times.

A stronger-than-expected global growth backdrop and a relatively slow monetary policy response to emerging inflation risks resulted in the region's 2008 first-half growth being higher than anticipated earlier, Morgan Stanley said.

The Association of South-East Asian (ASEAN) economies will "face headwinds" next year as higher inflation cuts into purchasing power and capital investment decisions, and export markets soften, the investment bank's outlook said.

It cut its 2009 GDP growth forecast for the region to 5.1 per cent, nearly 1 point.

Singapore faces the least uncertainty in "terms of what could go wrong relative to market expectations," the economists said, noting it was the only country in the region with a "stable and predictable" political climate.

source: Antara | July 2008

Kredit investasi Indonesia meningkat pesat

Pemerintah melihat ada beberapa indikator yang dapat menunjang kegiatan ekonomi dapat berlangsung dengan baik. Meskipun tekanan-tekanan eksternal maupun domestik akibat naiknya inflasi dan harga komoditas pangan masih cukup tinggi.

"Kami secara keseluruhan melihat dari indikasi tumbuhnya kredit perbankan masih di atas 31 persen. Dari breakdown datanya banyak digunakan untuk kredit modal kerja, ini juga menunjukkan kegiatan ekonomi yang dibiayai oleh kredit," ujar Deputi Gubernur BI Hartadi Agus Sarwono usai jumpa pers di Gedung BI, Jalan MH Thamrin, Jakarta Pusat, Kamis (3/7/2008).

"Nah, dari berbagai indikator tersebut, kami melihat pertumbuhan ekonomi Indonesia meskipun berada di tengah-tengah tekanan dari domestik maupun eksternal diperkirakan pada range 6,0-6,2 persen. Kita akan tunggu realisasi angka yang equal yang akan dipublikasikan BPS untuk triwulan II tahun ini," tambahnya.

Berkaitan dengan hal tersebut, dengan pertumbuhan kredit yang tinggi menjadi alasan mengapa BI menaikkan suku bunga. Namun Hartadi mengatakan bahwa pemerintah ingin pertumbuhan tersebut tetap mendukung kegiatan ekonomi sektor riil. Artinya, perlu diarahkan pada pembiayaan kegiatan-kegiatan produktif.

source: okezone.com | July 2008

Pertumbuhan pajak tahun ini terbaik selama Indonesia merdeka

Dirjen Pajak Darmin Nasution mengatakan, harga minyak mentah yang melambung tinggi dan sejumlah komoditas yang sedang booming membuat pendapatan negara dari sektor pajak tumbuh 40 persen, terbaik selama Indonesia merdeka.

"Pertumbuhan tahun ini jauh lebih bagus dibandingkan dengan tahun-tahun sebelumnya karena intensifikasi dan ekstensifikasi yang kita jalankan. Kedua, karena ada komoditas yang sedang booming. Diluar minyak masih ada kelapa sawit, barang tambang yang lain," tutur Darmin di Jakarta, Rabu (2/7).

Saking bagusnya pertumbuhan pajak sepanjang tahun ini, Januari sampai 23 Juni 2008, membuat Darmin tampak sumringah. "Pertumbuhan tahun ini adalah pertumbuhan tertinggi yang pernah kita capai selama kita merdeka. Di atas 40 persen. Selama ini kenaikan pertumbuhan hanya 20 persen," kata Darmin.

Ke depan, Ditjen pajak, kata dia, akan terus berupaya mempertahankan pertumbuhan tersebut dan berupaya semaksimal mungkin menggenjot pertumbuhan penerimaan pajak. "Ya, makanya semua pihak harus membantu. Kita tingkatkan wajib bayar pajak masyarakat dan diharapkan kesadaran membayar pajak tetap membaik," ujarnya.

Ditanya sektor apa yang terbesar penerimaan pajaknya, Darmin diam sejenak dan mengatakan, hampir merata di semua sektor.

source: kompas.com | July 2008

Indonesia trade surplus doubles in May, beats forecast

Indonesia's trade surplus doubled in May from the previous month thanks to stronger exports, a senior government official said on Tuesday.

Trade surplus, excluding imports to trade zones, rose to $3.2 billion in May from $1.59 billion in April. The surplus topped market expectations, with six out of seven economists polled by Thomson Financial projecting surplus of between $1.88 billion and $2.74 billion.

Exports rose 17.5 percent to $12.89 billion while imports, excluding those to trade zones, increased 3.3 percent to $9.69 billion, said Ali Rosidi, deputy chairman of the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Total imports including the trade zones rose 1.41 percent to $11.66 billion.

The statistics bureau started including bonded zones in computing the trade data only from January. Imports into the bonded zones are mostly processed for export.

source: Antara | July 2008

Indonesia meningkat dalam Best Place for Business

Indonesia menempati urutan ke-81 sebagai negara terbaik untuk melakukan kegiatan bisnis pada tahun ini. Seperti dikutip dari Forbes, Minggu (29/6/2008), tahun sebelumnya Indonesia menempati peringkat 89.

Tingkat inflasi Indonesia terus bergerak turun, sementara posisi cadangan devisa diatas USD50 miliar dan perfoma pasar saham berada di peringkat ketiga terbaik di dunia selama 2006 dan 2007. Keadaan itu ditunjang karena investor global mencari negara yang bisa memberi tingkat pengembalian yang tinggi.

Pemerintah Indonesia telah melakukan reformasi di sektor keuangan termasuk reformasi pajak dan kepabeanan. Indonesia dinilai mampu mengatasi masalah-masalah ekonomi akibat bencana alam. Peraturan investasi yang dikeluarkan pada Maret 2007 merupakan cara untuk memberi kenyamanan bagi investor untk berinvestasi di Indonesia.

Survei ini dilakukan terhadap 121 negara di dunia. Peringkat pertama ditempati Denmark, AS menduduki peringkat ke-4, Hongkong urutan ke-9, dan Australia peringkat ke-13.

Adapun Malaysia menempati peringkat ke-38, China di peringkat 79, Filipina di uturan 91, dan Vietnam berada di urutan ke-113.

source: okezone.com | June 2008

Indonesia expects record investment in 2008-09

Indonesia's chief investment agency said it expects foreign and domestic investment to hit a new record this year and in 2009, driven by demand for new infrastructure including power plants and toll roads. Writing By Muhammad Al Azhari and Harry Suhartono, editing by Sara Webb/Sugita Katyal/Rory Channing in Reuters.

Muhammad Lutfi, who heads the agency, said he is optimistic that total domestic and foreign direct investment would rise 15 percent to nearly $16 billion in 2008, from a record $13.8 billion in 2007, and surge to $20 billion next year.

Southeast Asia's biggest economy badly needs billions of dollars of investment, especially in infrastructure, to push economic growth and reduce high unemployment.

"We are certain that we will meet the 15.2 percent target of investment (growth)" for 2008, Lutfi told a gathering of foreign correspondents in Jakarta on Wednesday.

"We had a good number in the first quarter. Next year is a challenge because of the slowdown of the economy, that's what we feel."

A combination of political stability and an improving economic outlook helped to attract a record foreign direct investment last year, although the agency, known as BKPM, does not provide details of the investments.

Some analysts warn that political uncertainty ahead of next year's parliamentary and presidential elections, and a slowdown in economic growth could hurt investment.

The government's decision to hike subsidised fuel prices by an average of nearly 30 percent in May is expected to lead to weaker consumer spending. The government expects GDP growth of 6-6.4 percent this year, compared with 6.3 percent in 2007.

However, Indonesia still lags countries such as China in attracting foreign investment because of perceived legal uncertainties and graft, and a complicated bureaucracy.

The country ranks 123rd out of 178 countries in terms of ease of doing business, according to a World Bank survey last year.

KEY INFRASTRUCTURE

Despite such challenges, Lutfi said several infrastructure projects are likely to materialise next year and help boost investment. The agency will encourage investment in key infrastructure areas such as electricity, toll roads, ports and airports within the next two years, he said.

Only 64 percent of Indonesian households currently have access to electricity, he said, adding that the government has invited the private sector to finance its programme to build 10,000 MW of coal-fired power plants in Java, Sumatra and Bali.

The agency is promoting investment in resource-rich regions, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and Papua, where there are opportunities to invest in the crude palm oil, coal, nickel, and pulp and paper industries, Lutfi said.

Lutfi, who has been in charge of promoting investment in Indonesia since May 2005, was an economic adviser and spokesman for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the 2004 election campaign.

He previously headed the Mahaka Group, a conglomerate with interests including electricity, luxury apartment development, commodity trading, and media.

source: BKPM | June 2008

Ekonomi akan tumbuh 6-6,4 persen pada 2009

Panitia Anggaran yang terdiri atas perwakilan sepuluh fraksi di DPR dan pemerintah menyepakati bahwa tahun 2009 perekonomian akan tetap tumbuh pada kisaran 6 hingga 6,4 persen. Itu dimungkinkan karena daya beli masyarakat akan tetap dipertahankan kuat, dan pada saat yang sama nilai ekspor dan investasi ke Indonesia akan didorong untuk lebih tinggi lagi.

Demikian hasil keputusan Panitia Kerja Asumsi Dasar, Kebijakan Fiskal, Pendapatan, Defisit, dan Pembiayaan yang disampaikan Ketua Panitia Kerja Harry Azhar Aziz dalam Rapat Kerja Panitia Anggaran DPR dengan Menteri Keuangan sekaligus Pelaksana Jabatan Menko Perekonomian Sri Mulyani Indrawati di Jakarta, Kamis (26/6). Hadir juga dalam rapat kerja tersebut Menteri Negara Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional (PPN)/Kepala Bappenas Paskah Suzetta dan Deputi Gubernur Senior Bank Indonesia Miranda S Goeltom.

Panitia Kerja Asumsi Dasar, Kebijakan Fiskal, Pendapatan, Defisit, dan Pembiayaan terdiri atas 38 anggota DPR dan 14 wakil pemerintah. Hasil pembahasan di Panitia Kerja ini akan digunakan oleh pemerintah dalam menyusun Nota Keuangan dan RUU APBN 2009.

Selain menetapkan proyek pertumbuhan ekonomi, Panitia Kerja juga menetapkan enam asumsi ekonomi lainnya, yakni laju inflasi yang diperkirakan ada pada kisaran 5,8-6,5 persen. Adapun nilai tukar rupiah diperkirakan akan berada pada posisi Rp 9.000-Rp 9.200 per dollar AS. Sementara itu, tingkat suku bunga Sertifikat Bank Indonesia tiga bulan ditetapkan pada kisaran 7,5-8,5 persen.

Terkait harga minyak, Panitia Kerja memutuskan untuk menetapkan harga minyak mentah Indonesia (ICP) pada 2009 pada level 95 dollar-120 dollar AS per barrel. Sementara produksi minyak siap jual (lifting) diperkirakan akan berada pada level 927.000-950.000 kiloliter per hari. "Dengan seluruh perkiraan itu, nominal Produk Domestik Bruto pada tahun 2009 akan ada pada kisaran Rp 5.254,9 triliun-Rp 5.309,6 triliun," ujar Harry.

source: kompas.com | June 2008

Miranda: Inflasi tahun depan satu digit

Bank Indonesia memerkirakan tekanan terhadap laju inflasi tahun depan akan jauh berkurang. Sehingga optimistis angka inflasi bisa kembali ditekan menyentuh satu digit

"Kami melihat bahwa inflasi saat ini, lebih merupakan spike akibat beberapa hal. Seperti kenaikan BBM dan juga kenaikan harga pangan," ujar Deputi Gubernur Senior Miranda S Goeltom seusai raker pemerintah dengan panitia anggaran, di Gedung MPR/DPR Senayan, Jakarta, Kamis (26/6/2008).

Untuk itu, lanjutnya, BI berharap tekanan dua hal tersebut sudah mulai bekurang tahun depan. "Jika berkaca pada pengalaman tahun2005, kami jadi optimistis tahun depan sudah kembali ke satu digit lagi," jelasnya.

Miranda menambahkan, kalau nantinya BI melihat ada ekspektasi inflasi yang meningkat. maka institusinya akan segera mengambil tindakan yang tidak harus melulu berupa pengetatan moneter.

"Instrumennya ada bermacam-macam. Seperti suku bunga, kemudian secara teoritis banyak Seperti China memakai instrumen giro wajib minimum(GWM), supaya uang jumlah beredar semakin kecil," jelasnya. Instrumen lainnya, lanjut Miranda, adalah pengendalian nilai tukar. karena nilai tukar juga bisa memengaruhi inflasi.

source: okezone.com | June 2008

RI targetkan ekspor ke China US$12 juta di 2008

Pemerintah menargetkan ekspor ke China mencapai USD12 juta tahun 2008. Kepala Badan Pengembangan Ekspor Nasional (BPEN) Bachrul Chairi mengatakan, optimistis target tersebut akan tercapai.

"Ekspor ke China masih potensial dan kami berharap tahun 2008 jumlahnya mencapai USD 12 juta," katanya, di Jakarta, Rabu (25/6/2008).

Bachrul menyebutkan, pemerintah juga akan melakukan pameran dagang ke negara tersebut agar produk Indonesia makin dikenal. Menurutnya, produk Indonesia memiliki keunggulan kompetitif dibandingkan negara lain di Asia Tenggara.

Sementara itu, pengamat ekonomi Ikhsan Mojo mengatakan, target yang ditetapkan pemerintah itu realistis. Jika target tersebut dapat diwujudkan asal komoditas yang diekspor adalah bahan tambang seperti batu bara.

"Kebutuhan batubara dan gas di minyak sangat tinggi di China sehingga target USD 12 juta itu dapat tercapai," katanya.

source: okezone.com | June 2008

RI pursuing debt-swap mechanism

Indonesia has paid 3 million euro (US$7.76 million) to Germany, the first installment for a debt swap program worth 25 million euro to combat AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, a ministry official says. With the debt-to-health program, Germany has cut Indonesia's debt payments this year by half from 50 million euro to 25 million euro on the condition that the difference be used to finance health programs.

Indonesia will disperse the amount over a five-year period from 2008 to 2012 via international non-government organization The Global Fund. "It allows us to turn debt into new resources for health in Indonesia. Besides Germany, we have a debt swap agreement with Italy to finance reconstruction in Aceh," Finance Ministry's director general of debt management Rahmat Waluyanto said Monday. Italy has agreed to disburse $24.2 million and 5.7 million euro to finance several infrastructure, health and education projects in Aceh, he said.

Rahmat said Indonesia would also discuss a debt swap scheme with the U.S. to cut $19.6 million of Indonesia's debt, in exchange for forestry programs. Germany has so far eliminated 143.56 million euro of Indonesia's debt through six debt swap agreements.

Robert Filipp, The Global Fund's head of innovative financing, said the organization had invested nearly $200 million in Indonesia to help improve the country's health system. Filipp also said the organization was looking for other country donors, other than Germany, citing Australia as an example. According to The Global Fund, Indonesia has 11,868 AIDS cases, more than 600,000 TB patients and almost half of the country's population is prone to malaria.

Despite the benefit Indonesia received through the debt swap program, Rahmat said the amount of debt reduction through debt swap programs was relatively small -- $275 million -- compared to the country's bilateral debts of Rp 550 trillion ($59.14 billion). He cited as an example Indonesia's debt to Germany, which reached $3.9 billion as of May, while the debt swaps only amounted to $220 million. This year, Indonesia plans to pay Rp 48.14 trillion in foreign debts.

source: Jakarta Post | 24 June 2008

Indonesia can save up to Rp200 trillion in coming two years

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that Indonesia might be able to save its budget up to Rp200 trillion in the coming two years in line with increasing use of coals as fire power plant fuel.

"The budget could be saved up to hundreds of trillions of rupiah in line with the use of coals to fire steam-power plants (PLTU)," Kalla who is also general chairman of the Golkar Party said here on Sunday.

The vice president said that the coal deposits in the country had the potentials to produce power and to develop PLTUs as one of the relatively cheap energy sources.

"The development of PLTUs continue to increase in the country from time to time so that it is not impossible for the country to save a huge amount of its budget and spendings," he said.

Touching on the economic growth in Indonesia, Kalla said that the economic growth was encouraging which at present had reached 6.3 percent.

He said that Indonesia`s economic growth was better than other countries in Asia like India, Bangladesh, Thailaind and Vietnam.

The vice president said that the level of the Indonesian people`s income also seemed better than those of other Asian nations like the Philippines, Vietnam and India.

Therefore, he called on all elements in the country to remain optimistic that Indonesia would become a strong nation in Asia.

"Looking objectively at the conditions and potential sources in a number of Asian nations, one would find that none of them was strong but that of Indonesia," he added.

He cited as an example the need for staple. "If several years in the past Indonesia had to import rice, now in a year`s time, it is now self-sufficient," the vice president added.

source: Antara | 22 June 2008

Govt's dollar bonds draw record bids

The government raked in US$2.2 billion Tuesday by selling dollar-denominated bonds in New York, higher than the $1.5 billion target, drawing record bids from investors, an official says.

"It was the largest book order of Indonesian bonds," Finance Ministry's director general of debt management Rahmat Waluyanto said in a text message Tuesday (Wednesday Jakarta time).

The bond sale attracted $6 billion of bids.

The government, Rahmat said, sold $300 millions of Indo-14 bonds maturing in March 2014 with a 6.69 percent yield, $900 million in Indo-18 notes maturing in January 2018 with 7.28 percent yield and $1 billion in Indo-38 notes due in January 2038 with an 8.15 percent yield.

It was "a very positive response from investors, boosted by Indonesia's improved credit ratings and strengthening economic fundamentals ... amid the difficult global conditions", Rahmat said.

In August, the government plans to sell its first Islamic bond (sukuk) to the domestic market. It plans also to sell sukuk to the international market in October, aiming to tap funds from Middle Eastern investors who are reaping windfall profits due to the soaring oil prices.

The government last sold dollar-denominated bonds in January, raising $2 billion. Indo-18 notes were sold with a 6.95 percent yield and Indo-38 bonds at 7.74 percent.

Hartadi A. Sarwono, the central bank deputy governor, said the dollar-denominated bond sale would improve market sentiment and strengthen the rupiah.

"The sale will go to our foreign reserves and the money can be used to buy the rupiah," Hartadi said.

As of May, the central bank's foreign reserves stood at $57.46 million.

source: Jakarta Post | 19 June 2008

Indonesia Jan-May foreign direct investement rises 164%

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indonesia rose 164 percent in the January-May period from a year ago, helped by strong investment in telecoms and transport, the state investment agency said on Monday. Reporting by Muhamad Al Azhari, editing by Sugita Katyal in Reuters (06/16/08).

The agency, also known as BKPM, said FDI rose to $9.78 billion in the first five months from $3.70 billion in the same period a year ago.

The telecommunications and transport sectors accounted for investments worth $6.55 billion. Comparative investment figures for the sectors for last year were not available.

"They are really promising industries," Muhammad Lutfi, the agency's chief, told reporters on the sidelines of a parliamentary hearing.

The BKPM data does not cover industries such as oil and gas, banking and insurance.

FDI rose 73 percent to $10.3 billion last year while domestic investment climbed almost 70 percent to 34.9 trillion rupiah on the back of political stability and strong economic growth. ($1 = 9,320 rupiah)

source: BKPM | 19 June 2008

RI to record highest economic growth in Asia by 2011, says chief minister

People`s Welfare Coordinating Minister Aburizal Bakrie said the highest economic growth in Asia in 2011 may prevail in Indonesia.

"In his meeting with Vice President Yusuf Kalla, Bakrie said Indonesia may reach the highest economic growth in Asia in 2011 by implementing various programs including economic retrenchments," he said here on Thursday.

The minister said that with the retrenchment programs, fuel oil price hikes, and the kerosene to gas conversion scheme, at least Rp 240 trillion could be saved.

"The money could be used to build a better Indonesia. But, it should be supported by a firm intention and togetherness to develop Indonesia into an advanced country," he said.

source: Antara | 6 June 2008

RI`s GDP may reach Rp5,275.9 trillion

The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) are looking into the possibility of raising the country`s gross domestic product (GDP) to Rp5,275.9 trillion by relying on exports and investments.

"With the GDP reaching that amount, our per capita GDP has actually exceeded US$2,700. But it seems that we were still at the level of middle income countries," Syahrial Loetan, secretary of the state minister for national development planning/chief secretary of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), said on Monday. Hopefully, non-oil/non-gas exports would be the main foreign exchange earner while natural resources would be the main factor to attract investments next year, he said. "But we must keep in mind that the improving economy will make the people`s consumption stronger," he said. The Rp5,275.9 trillion GDP could be achieved if the economy grew by 6.2 percent and the inflation rate reached 6.5 percent, he said.

source: Antara | 16 June 2008

Kenaikan ekspor menyokong surplus neraca pembayaran di kuartal I, 2008

Neraca Pembayaran Indonesia (NPI) pada triwulan I 2008 mencatat surplus sekitar US$1,0 miliar. Sejalan dengan itu, jumlah cadangan devisa pada akhir periode tersebut meningkat menjadi US$59,0 miliar, kurang lebih setara dengan lima bulan impor dan pembayaran utang luar negeri pemerintah (posisi cadangan devisa per 30 Mei 2008 sebesar US$ 57,464 miliar). Surplus NPI bersumber dari surplus transaksi berjalan yang mencapai sekitar US$2,8 miliar. Penopang utama surplus transaksi berjalan adalah penerimaan ekspor yang melampaui pengeluaran impor serta penerimaan devisa dari transfer tenaga kerja Indonesia di luar negeri. Perkembangan transaksi berjalan tersebut mengindikasikan bahwa sektor eksternal terus memberikan kontribusi positif terhadap kinerja perekonomian domestik.

Nilai ekspor selama triwulan I 2008 mencapai US$34,4 miliar (f.o.b) atau meningkat 29,2% dibandingkan periode yang sama tahun 2007. Nilai ekspor migas mencatat pertumbuhan tertinggi, yaitu 61,7%, diikuti oleh nilai ekspor nonmigas yang tumbuh 21,8%. Lonjakan harga minyak dan harga beberapa komoditas ekspor nonmigas unggulan, seperti minyak sawit, karet, dan timah, serta kenaikan permintaan dunia menjadi pendorong kenaikan nilai ekspor tersebut. Dalam periode yang sama nilai impor mencapai US$26,8 miliar (f.o.b) atau meningkat 41,9%. Perkembangan tersebut menunjukkan kuatnya kegiatan ekonomi.

source: Bank Indonesia | 9 June 2008