January to May, Riau Imports Up 16.46 Percent

Pekanbaru - RiauBisnisGuide - May 2012 value of Riau imports through U.S. $ 228.48 million. Rose 32.32 percent compared to April 2012 in the amount of U.S. $ 172.67 million. Imports from January to May 2012 amounted to U.S. $ 826.01 million, up 16.46 percent from the same period in 2011, which amounted to U.S. $ 709.26 million.

This was stated by the Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Riau Province, Mawardi Arsyad, Monday (6/8/2012).

Mawardi said, the contribution of imports to the National Riau month by 1.33 percent in May 2012 and January-May 2012 by 1.03 percent.

Month of May 2012 oil imports reached U.S. $ 66.69 million or an increase of 167.51 percent over the imports in April 2012 in the amount of U.S. $ 24.93 million.

"While oil and gas imports from January to May 2012 amounted to U.S. $ 188.39 million compared with January-May 2011 of U.S. $ 115.87 million an increase of 62.59 percent," he said.

Non-oil imports in May 2012 reached U.S. $ 161.79 million, up 9.51 percent over the imports in April 2012 of U.S. $ 147.74 million. When compared with non-oil imports from January to May period of 2012 reached U.S. $ 637.62 million. Or up 7.45 percent over the same period the previous year.

During January-May 2012, non-oil imports dominated by fertilizers (HS 31) with a value of U.S. $ 155.17 million (24.34 percent), followed by boilers, mech.appli (HS 84) U.S. $ 122.75 million (19 , 25 percent), pulp wood / pulp (HS 47) U.S. $ 40.10 million (6.29 percent), salt, sulfur, lime (HS 25) U.S. $ 24.76 million (3.88 percent, and machinery / electrical equipment (HS 85) U.S. $ 24.59 million (3.86 percent) and the fifth contribution reaches 57.62 percent.

Non-oil imports during January-May 2012 from China to achieve the greatest figure of U.S. $ 107.78 million (16.90 percent), followed by Canada of U.S. $ 97.94 million (15.36 percent), Singapore U.S. $ 85.84 million ( 13.46 percent), Malaysia U.S. $ 84.80 million (13.30 percent), and Thailand U.S. $ 30.58 million (4.80 percent).

"With the contribution of all five reached 63.82 percent of total non-oil imports," he said.

According to the group the use of goods in January-May 2012 imports of raw material / intermediate and capital goods amounted to U.S. $ 663.29 million and U.S. $ 133.68 million, up 35.38 percent and 18.96 percent.

"While imports of consumer goods amounted to U.S. $ 29.04 million, down 72.85 percent over the same period in 2011," says Mawardi. (rbc)