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"Indonesia's trade balance has recorded a surplus in 18 consecutive months," the bureau head, Margo Yuwono, noted during a virtual press conference on Monday. Yuwono remarked that the commodities contributing the most to the surplus were fuels, vegetable and animal fats and oils, as well as iron and steel. Meanwhile, the United States (US), China, and the Philippines were the largest contributors to the surplus. Related news: [BPS records improvement in population mobility in October 2021] Indonesia’s surplus with the US reached $1.7 billion from the trade of vegetable and animal fats and oils as well as clothing, knitwear, and...
