EXPORT
• The value of exports through the port of loading in the Sumatera Utara region in February 2020 increased compared to January 2020, from US $ 590.02 million to US $ 684.01 million or an increase of 15.93 percent. When compared to February 2019, Sumatera Utara's exports experienced an increase of 18.83 percent.
• The group of goods that experienced the largest increase in the value of Sumatera Utara's exports in February 2020 against January 2020 was the group of fats and animal / vegetable oils of US $ 77.06 million (37.37%). The biggest decline in export value occurred in various chemical products by US $ 3.65 million (-5.82%).
• Exports to the United States in February 2020 were the largest at US $ 79.47 million followed by India at US $ 66.22 million and China at US $ 44.14 million with the contribution of the three reaching 27.75 percent.
• According to the group of main export destinations in February 2020, exports to the Asian region (outside ASEAN) were the largest with a value of US $ 203, 20 million (29.71 percent).
IMPORT
• Import value through Sumatera Utara in February 2020 on the basis of CIF (cost, insurance & freight) of US $ 317.88 million, or decreased by 18.77 percent compared to January 2020 which reached US $ 391.34 million. When compared with the same month in the previous year, the value of imports increased by 7.07 percent.
• Import value by category of use of goods in February 2020 compared to January 2020, capital goods fell by 54.93 percent, raw / auxiliary materials decreased by 9.64 percent and consumption goods decreased by 27.77 percent.
• In February 2020, the group that experienced the highest increase in import value was mineral fuels of US $ 5.12 million (11.41%). The category of goods that experienced the greatest decline in import values were machineries / aircraft mechanics at US $ 38.92 million (-51.40%).
• The February 2020 import value from Malaysia was the largest at US $ 62.24 million with a contribution of 19.58 percent of the total Sumatera Utara imports, followed by China at US $ 61.45 million (19.33%) and Australia at US $ 24, 93 million (7.84%).
