Non-oil and gas exports from East Kalimantan Province (Kaltim) to a number of destination countries in the January-June 2022 period reached USD15.99 billion. This amount is calculated from the amount of goods exported through the Port of Samarinda." Throughout January-June 2022, Samarinda Port contains non-oil and gas goods exported to a number of destination countries with a value of USD4.29 billion," said Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of East Kalimantan Province Yusniar Juliana, in Samarinda, Saturday (7/8/2022). This means that throughout this period, Samarinda Port contributed 26.85 percent, from all ports in East Kalimantan which are the loading locations for exported non-oil and gas commodities, when compared to January-June 2021, the value of non-oil and gas exports departed from Samarinda Port increased by 143.49 percent, from USD2.2 billion to USD4.29 billion.
Especially for June 2022, he also said, ships from Samarinda Port dispatched non-oil and gas goods to a number of destination countries with a value of USD1 billion, or an increase of 12.19 percent compared to the previous month which was valued at USD905.12 million. The port with the second largest share containing export non-oil and gas goods in January-June 2022 is the Port of Semayang Balikpapan, which is USD3.5 billion or with a share of 21.94 percent. Non-oil and gas exports from Semayang Port experienced a fairly high increase, when compared to the same period in the previous year which was recorded at USD2 billion, while specifically in June 2022, non-oil and gas commodities exported through Semayang Port worth USD935.66, experienced an increase compared to the previous month which was recorded at USD381.61 million. "The port with the third largest contribution that is the place to load East Kalimantan's non-oil and gas exports is Tanjung Bara Bontang Port with a value of USD2.75 billion, or 17.24 percent of the total value of East Kalimantan's non-oil and gas exports from January to June 2022," said Yusniar.
