Indonesian exports surge amid rising demand for commodities
Interest partly fuelled by Chinese factories eager to recover market share as economies bounce back
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Stacks of containers at a port in Tanjung Priok, in Jakarta, on March 31. Indonesia's exports surged nearly 60 per cent last month - a rate of increase not seen since the commodity boom more than a decade ago. But with most of the world in lockdown last year, robust export data this year for commodity producers was almost a given.
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Jeffrey Hutton Regional Correspondent In Jakarta, Jeffrey Hutton
Indonesia on Tuesday reported eye-popping exports for last month.
They soared nearly 60 per cent, a rate of increase not seen since the heady days of the commodity boom more than a decade ago.
