Akbar Suwardi

Thursday September 15, 2016 2:36 AM * Aug exports -0.74 pct y/y, vs -8.80 pct in a Reuters poll * Aug imports -0.49 pct y/y, vs -10.55 pct in poll * Stats bureau: There will be export ups and downs ahead * Aug trade surplus +$0.29 bln, vs +$0.45 bln in poll  JAKARTA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Indonesia's non-oil and gas exports rose in August for the first time in 16 months, producing better-than-expected export data, but the statistics bureau cautioned against seeing this as the start of a brighter trend. Southeast Asia's largest economy, which mainly exports resources, has been struggling amid low commodity prices. Its total shipments have fallen in each of the past four years.

JAKARTA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Indonesia's non-oil and gas exports rose in August for the first time in 16 months, producing better-than-expected export data, but the statistics bureau cautioned against seeing this as the start of a brighter trend. Southeast Asia's largest economy, which mainly exports resources, has been struggling amid low commodity prices. Its total shipments have fallen in each of the past four years.

Sumber: Koran Kontan  JAKARTA: Indonesia is expected to post a trade deficit for the third month running in January, with both exports and imports likely to fall further, a Reuters poll of 11 economists showed on Friday. The median estimate was for a deficit of about $360 million in January, widening from December's $230 million deficit.