Indonesia's international trade surplus reached 10.5 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of the year, up by 15.4 percent from 9.1 billion dollars in the same period last year, the Central Statistics Agency announced Tuesday.

Over the same period, export rose by 15.17 percent to 25.86 billion dollars and import surged 15.2 percent to 15.35 billion dollars, the head of the bureau Herman Heriawan said.

Exports of non-oil-and-gas rose by 23.48 percent to 21. 36 billion U.S. dollars and import of the products also up by 18.41 percent to 11.40 billion U.S. dollars, he said.

During the period, the export of agricultural products, industrial products and mines and others respectively increased by 7.02 percent, 19.35 percent and 56.43 percent, said Heriawan.

In the meanwhile, the export of oil and gas decreased by 12.72 percent, said Heriawan.

The main destination of the export was Japan, followed by the United States and Singapore, he said.

Heriawan said that most of the non-oil-and-gas imported- products were engines.

China, followed by Japan and the United States, was the most contributive country for Indonesia's import products, he said.

Source: Xinhua