Nickel, tin exports up in October, copper down
Wednesday, December 5 2012 - 02:15 AM WIB
By Bambang Atmaja
The export value of nickel in October increased by 23.79 percent to US$111,357,806 on monthly basis, Satwiko Darmesto, director of distributional statistics at the Statistic Bureau (BPS) told Petromindo.com.
The export volume of nickel was up by 11.46 percent to 10,341,043 kg in October compared to the previous month.
He said that copper export however decreased by 1.43 percent to US$187,936,967 in October but the volume increased by 7.02 percent to 23,416,731 kg, said Satwiko.
Meanwhile, export of tin in October increased by 12.64 percent to US$223,491,289 on monthly basis with volume increased by 16.93 percent to 12,784,407 kg compared to September.
Editing by Adianto P. Simamora