Indonesia : Rubber, Largest Export Earner For South Sumatra

PALEMBANG, Jan 4 (Bernama) — Natural rubber is still the largest export earner apart from the oil and gas for South Sumatra, Indonesia’s Antara reported, quoting the regional office of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) as saying.

“South Sumatra’s exports of commodities other than oil and gas were valued at US$3.17 billion in the first 10 months of 2012 with rubber contributing US$2.54 billion,” head of the regional BPS office Baehdi Ruswana said.

“Coal is the second largest export earning with a contribution of US$100.31 million, followed by timber US$24.88 million,” he said, adding that other major export commodities include coffee, tea and crude palm oil.

Export destinations of South Sumatra’s commodities include Singapore, Malaysia, France, Germany, Japan, China , India and the United States.