China becomes biggest exporter of medical equipment to Indonesia

Patients receive care underneath a tent, erected on the compounds of a hospital to handle an influx of people suffering from the Covid-19, in Yogyakarta on Monday (July 13, 2021), as Indonesia faces its most serious outbreak driven by the highly infectious Delta variant. - AFP

JAKARTA, July 13 (Xinhua): China tops the list as the biggest exporter of medical equipment to Indonesia during May 3 and July 3, according to figures released by the country's Directorate General of Customs and Excise recently.

Of the top 10 exporters of medical equipment to Indonesia, China accounted for the largest share of US$8.67 million or 26.65 per cent of all of the archipelago nation's imported medical equipment during the two-month period, followed by Japan and South Korea.