EXPORT
Export value through loading ports in Sumatera Utara in July 2018 has increased compared to June 2018, from US $ 549.93 million to US $ 772.92 million or an increase of 40.55 percent. When compared with July 2017, Sumatera Utara's exports increased by 0.62 percent.
The largest increase in the value of Sumatera Utara's exports in July 2018 to June 2018 occurred in animal / vegetable oils and fats (HS 15) of US $ 95.15 million (44.66%) followed by rubber and rubber goods (HS 40) US $ 37.37 million (51.38%), as well as timber and wood goods (HS 44) of US $ 12.09 million (90.77%).
Exports to the United States in July 2018 were the largest, amounting to US $ 105.15 million, followed by China at US $ 72.93 million, and Bangladesh at US $ 56.86 million with the contribution of the three reaching 30.40 percent.
According to the group of export destination countries in July 2018, exports to Asia (outside ASEAN) were the largest with a value of US $ 262.04 million (33.90 percent).
IMPORT
The value of imports through Sumatera Utara in July 2018 on the basis of CIF (cost, insurance & freight) was US $ 577.72 million, an increase of 48.08 percent compared to June 2018 which reached US $ 390.15 million. When compared with the same month in the previous year, the import value increased by 47.50 percent.
Impor Import value in July 2018 compared to June 2018, capital goods increased by 28.83 percent, raw / auxiliary materials increased by 43.55 percent, and consumer goods increased by 126.28 percent.
In July 2018, the category of goods that experienced the largest increase in import value was the waste / waste of the food industry (HS 23) of US $ 25.34 million (119.64%), while the category of goods which experienced the largest decline in import value was mineral fuels. (HS 27) of US $ 11.44 million (-12.80%).
Import value in July 2018 from China is the largest, namely US $ 155.35 million with its role reaching 26.89 percent of Sumatera Utara's total imports, followed by Singapore at US $ 72.45 million (12.54%), and India at US $ 41 , 22 million (7.13%).
