TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Statistics Central Agency (BPS) of Papua Province revealed that Papua exports in January 2018 plummeted up to 50.80 percent or from US$ 536.72 million in Desember 2017 to US$ 264.49 million.
Papua BPS head Simon Sapary in Jayapura on Sunday (18/2) explained that the drop was triggered by the decrease of export commodity copper ore and concentrate (HS26) to 50.81 percent.
"The export value of HS26 was recorded to reach US$ 260.45 million or dropped 50.81 percent compared to that of the previous month reaching US$ 529.45 million," he said.
For wood and wooden products (HS44) in which the main commodity is plywood, the export decreased as much as US$ 4.77 million or 60.62 percent.
Meanwhile, other non-oil and gas commodities went up to 218.75 percent including tires for industrial or construction vehicles (75.28 percent), cigarettes(3.20 percent), and electronic audio accessories (2.35 percent).
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