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Trade between Indonesia and the United Kingdom

In 2024, Indonesia exported $2.7 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $925 million. Indonesia ran a surplus of $1.8 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $914 million in 2019. The United Kingdom was Indonesia’s 24th largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Indonesia was the United Kingdom’s 45th (0.3%).

Summary

Indonesia → United Kingdom
$2.7billion
United Kingdom → Indonesia
$925million
Indonesia’s balance
$1.8billion

Balance

Indonesia’s trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between Indonesia and the United Kingdom grew 44% since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.7
  • Imports 0.9
  • Balance +1.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.6 billion$988 million$582 million
1996$1.7 billion$1.1 billion$542 million
1997$1.8 billion$1.2 billion$562 million
1998$1.7 billion$974 million$763 million
1999$1.9 billion$563 million$1.3 billion
2000$2.5 billion$677 million$1.8 billion
2001$2.4 billion$708 million$1.7 billion
2002$2.2 billion$684 million$1.6 billion
2003$2.1 billion$613 million$1.5 billion
2004$2.4 billion$809 million$1.6 billion
2005$2.2 billion$785 million$1.4 billion
2006$2.4 billion$636 million$1.8 billion
2007$2.6 billion$723 million$1.9 billion
2008$2.9 billion$1.1 billion$1.8 billion
2009$2.3 billion$874 million$1.4 billion
2010$2.4 billion$930 million$1.4 billion
2011$2.5 billion$1.2 billion$1.3 billion
2012$2.1 billion$1.3 billion$788 million
2013$2.1 billion$1.1 billion$956 million
2014$2 billion$925 million$1.1 billion
2015$1.9 billion$801 million$1.1 billion
2016$1.9 billion$892 million$977 million
2017$1.8 billion$1.2 billion$637 million
2018$2 billion$1.3 billion$724 million
2019$2 billion$1.1 billion$914 million
2020$1.8 billion$956 million$812 million
2021$2.1 billion$1.1 billion$1 billion
2022$3.2 billion$990 million$2.2 billion
2023$2.8 billion$1.1 billion$1.7 billion
2024$2.7 billion$925 million$1.8 billion

What they sell each other

What Indonesia sells to the United Kingdom

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

  1. Nickel matte$351 million · 12.8%
    43 thousand tonnes
  2. Leather footwear$187 million · 6.8%
    6 thousand tonnes
  3. Textile footwear$160 million · 5.8%
    5 thousand tonnes
  4. Wood joinery$102 million · 3.7%
    43 thousand tonnes
  5. Rubber and plastic footwear$94 million · 3.4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Writing and printing paper$82 million · 3%
    79 thousand tonnes
  7. Meal from other oilseeds$67 million · 2.4%
    341 thousand tonnes
  8. Toys$64 million · 2.3%
    3 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s sources
  9. Palm oil$61 million · 2.2%
    45 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  10. Cameras and broadcast equipment$51 million · 1.9%
    912 tonnes

What the United Kingdom sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$68 million · 7.3%
    119 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  2. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$44 million · 4.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  3. Waste paper$43 million · 4.7%
    282 thousand tonnes
  4. Auto parts$34 million · 3.7%
    455 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  5. Cars$33 million · 3.6%
    959 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  6. Liquid pumps$26 million · 2.8%
    385 tonnes
  7. Trucks$25 million · 2.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  8. Refined petroleum$23 million · 2.5%
    25 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  9. Turbojets and gas turbines$22 million · 2.4%
    35 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  10. Parts for cranes and excavators$21 million · 2.2%
    621 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Jakarta to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Jakarta and Felixstowe is 11,711 nautical miles (21,688 km) long: ≈ 27–35 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (11,711 nautical miles); and 15% via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (8,926 nautical miles).

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$2.8 billion · 77.4%
  2. Air$830 million · 22.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was Indonesia’s 24th largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Indonesia was the United Kingdom’s 45th (0.3%).

The United Kingdom in Indonesia’s trade
0.7%
The United Kingdom’s rank among Indonesia’s partners
24th
Indonesia in the United Kingdom’s trade
0.3%
Indonesia’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
45th

Compare with

Other partners of Indonesia

Other partners of the United Kingdom

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.