KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia posted its widest monthly trade deficit in history in April as exports slumped, while the pace of fall in imports were slower than expected, data from the statistics bureau showed on Wednesday. The resource-rich country booked the first deficit in three months at $2.5 billion in April, and it was the widest ever, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. This compared with a median forecast of $500 million deficit in a Reuters poll and a $671 million surplus a month before.
Indonesia posts widest ever trade deficit in April
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesia posted its widest monthly trade deficit in history in April as exports slumped, while the pace of fall in imports were slower than expected, data from the statistics bureau showed on Wednesday. The resource-rich country booked the first deficit in three months at $2.5 billion in April, and it was the widest ever, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. This compared with a median forecast of $500 million deficit in a Reuters poll and a $671 million surplus a month before.