Nickel, tin exports down in July, copper up

By Bambang Atmaja

Indonesia?s export value of nickel in July decreased by 19.34 percent to US$64.31 million on a monthly basis, and the export volume of the commodity was down by 17.18 percent to 6,983,026 kg in the month, data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed on Monday.

Copper export was up by 31.41 percent to US$150.29 million in July and the export volume was also up by 35.36 percent to 22, 197,413 kg.

The export of tin in July dropped by 41.52 percent to US$130.35 million on monthly basis with volume also decreased by 38.21 percent to 6,769,683 kg compared to that of in the previous month.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak