Indonesia Daily Focus December 14, 2020

 

Macro Preview - November’s international trade: Expecting good news on exports

Expecting exports to improve by 4.5% YoY
Statistics Indonesia is scheduled to announce international trade figures for the month of November on Tuesday (December 15). We foresee exports to record a YoY expansion of 4.5% in November. Meanwhile, we expect imports to drop by 25% YoY, which will then translate into a trade balance surplus of US$3.07bn.

Global economic recovery continues
We expect Indonesia’s exports to be positive in YoY terms in November since the global economy continues to recover; in November, manufacturing PMI in almost all of Indonesia’s key export markets recorded an expansion, led by the US at 56.7.

Nevertheless, as the economic recovery in most key export markets remained relatively soft and producers from all over the world seemed to stay conservative in stacking up input and final goods inventories, we expect the improvement in exports in YoY terms to be limited.

Imports should stay in negative territory
We expect that imports of raw materials, which represent 74% of Indonesia’s total imports, will keep recording deep YoY contraction in November; in October, raw material imports fell by 27.4% YoY. On the other side, the significant appreciation of Rupiah throughout November should help ease the pressures on imports.

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