According to the data announced by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), in September this year the value of Indonesia's steel imports increased by 43.5 percent compared to the previous month, accounting to $730 million, while the country's import value for articles of iron and steel rose 4.6 percent month on month to $357.5 million.
In the first nine months of this year, Indonesia's steel import value came to $7.5 billion, falling 2.5 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, while the country's import value for articles of iron and steel amounted to $3.6 billion, up 5.17 percent year on year.
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