Nickel, copper, tin exports down in June
Friday, August 2 2013 - 02:39 AM WIB
By Bambang Atmaja
The value of the country?s nickel export in June was down by 19.37 percent to US$79.58 million on monthly basis, and the export volume of the commodity decreased by 14.06 percent to 8,431,401 kg in the month, data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) showed Thursday.
Copper export was down by 24.52 percent to $114.35 million in June and the export volume was also down by 24.56 percent to 16, 294,868 kg.
The export of tin in June decreased by 10.97 percent to $223.86 million on monthly basis with volume down by 8.65 percent to 11,006,605 kg compared to that of in the previous month.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak