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Trade between Indonesia and the Philippines

In 2024, Indonesia exported $11.6 billion to the Philippines and imported $1.8 billion. Indonesia ran a surplus of $9.8 billion with the Philippines, compared with a surplus of $6.7 billion in 2019. The Philippines was Indonesia’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Indonesia was the Philippines’ 6th (6%).

Summary

Indonesia → Philippines
$11.6billion
Philippines → Indonesia
$1.8billion
Indonesia’s balance
$9.8billion

Balance

Indonesia’s trade balance with the Philippines

Trade between Indonesia and the Philippines grew 19.8-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Indonesia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 11.6
  • Imports 1.8
  • Balance +9.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$590 million$81 million$509 million
1996$728 million$131 million$596 million
1997$818 million$215 million$603 million
1998$742 million$107 million$635 million
1999$856 million$110 million$746 million
2000$955 million$169 million$786 million
2001$929 million$128 million$801 million
2002$945 million$164 million$781 million
2003$1 billion$236 million$795 million
2004$1.3 billion$326 million$938 million
2005$1.3 billion$516 million$741 million
2006$1.4 billion$390 million$1 billion
2007$1.7 billion$489 million$1.3 billion
2008$2.1 billion$818 million$1.3 billion
2009$2.2 billion$616 million$1.6 billion
2010$2.8 billion$737 million$2.1 billion
2011$3 billion$920 million$2 billion
2012$3.4 billion$882 million$2.5 billion
2013$3.5 billion$922 million$2.6 billion
2014$4 billion$797 million$3.2 billion
2015$3.5 billion$740 million$2.8 billion
2016$5.9 billion$914 million$5 billion
2017$7.1 billion$927 million$6.2 billion
2018$7.3 billion$1.1 billion$6.3 billion
2019$7.6 billion$859 million$6.7 billion
2020$6.3 billion$603 million$5.7 billion
2021$9.4 billion$1.3 billion$8.1 billion
2022$14.1 billion$1.5 billion$12.6 billion
2023$12.1 billion$1.5 billion$10.6 billion
2024$11.6 billion$1.8 billion$9.8 billion

What they sell each other

What Indonesia sells to the Philippines

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Coal$3.2 billion · 27.7%
    39 million tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  2. Cars$1.8 billion · 16%
    142 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  3. Motorcycles$921 million · 8%
    48 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  4. 120 thousand tonnes
  5. Palm oil$362 million · 3.1%
    414 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  6. Motorcycle and bicycle parts$352 million · 3.1%
    19 thousand tonnes
  7. Copper ore$334 million · 2.9%
    92 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  8. Semi-finished steel$321 million · 2.8%
    667 thousand tonnes
  9. Trucks$183 million · 1.6%
    18 thousand tonnes · the Philippines’ sources
  10. Nitrogen fertilizers$144 million · 1.2%
    369 thousand tonnes

What the Philippines sells to Indonesia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Nickel ore$440 million · 24.9%
    10.1 million tonnes · the Philippines’ destinations
  2. Microchips$403 million · 22.8%
    259 tonnes · the Philippines’ destinations
  3. Coconut and palm kernel oil$114 million · 6.4%
    92 thousand tonnes
  4. Refined copper$107 million · 6.1%
    12 thousand tonnes · the Philippines’ destinations
  5. 2 thousand tonnes
  6. Fuses, detonators and caps$39 million · 2.2%
    333 tonnes
  7. Raw tobacco$33 million · 1.9%
    9 thousand tonnes
  8. Auto parts$32 million · 1.8%
    3 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s sources
  9. Open-chain hydrocarbons$30 million · 1.7%
    29 thousand tonnes
  10. Polyethylene$28 million · 1.6%
    29 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Jakarta to Manila.

The estimated sea route between Jakarta and Manila is 1,600 nautical miles (2,962 km) long: ≈ 3.5–5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$12.2 billion · 91.5%
  2. Air$1.1 billion · 8.5%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The Philippines was Indonesia’s 11th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Indonesia was the Philippines’ 6th (6%).

The Philippines in Indonesia’s trade
2.5%
The Philippines’ rank among Indonesia’s partners
11th
Indonesia in the Philippines’ trade
5.6%
Indonesia’s rank among the Philippines’ partners
6th

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Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.