Nickel, copper exports up in September, tin down

By Bambang Atmaja

Indonesia?s export value of nickel in September rose by 12.36 percent month-on-month to US$83.88 million as the export volume of the commodity was also up by 7.20 percent to 9,220,734 kg, according to the Central Statistics Agency (BPS).

Copper export value was up by 16.01 percent to $148.87 million in September and the export volume increased by 17.30 percent to 21,479,260 kg.

But, the export value of tin in September fell by 85.19 percent to $21.05 million on a monthly basis with volume also down by 85.42 percent to 972,580 kg.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak