JAKARTA: Indonesia’s trade balance unexpectedly swung back to surplus in September as imports and exports grew much slower than expected, data released by the statistics bureau showed yesterday.
Indonesia, South-East Asia’s largest economy, reported a trade surplus of US$230mil for September, compared with a US$500mil deficit expected in a Reuters poll.
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