JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Import of machinery and mechanical equipment grew by 26.46% to US$1.95 billion in August 2015, from US$1.54 billion in July 2015.
For January-August 2015 period, the figure fell 14.35% to US$14.78 billion, compared to US$17.26 billion in the corresponding period of 2014. This category of goods contributed 18.77% (the largest)to total import of non oil gas (US$78.8).
The current economic slowdown is the main factor prompting the investment sector in the country to hold or cut the investment activity, reflected on import drop for machinery and mechanical equipment year to date.