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Trade between Indonesia and the United States

In 2024, Indonesia exported $29.7 billion to the United States and imported $11.7 billion. Indonesia ran a surplus of $18.1 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $12.3 billion in 2019. The United States was Indonesia’s 2nd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and Indonesia was the United States’ 23rd (0.8%).

Summary

Indonesia → United States
$29.7billion
United States → Indonesia
$11.7billion
Indonesia’s balance
$18.1billion

Balance

Indonesia’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Indonesia and the United States grew 3.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 29.7
  • Imports 11.7
  • Balance +18.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$8.2 billion$4.8 billion$3.4 billion
1996$8.8 billion$5.1 billion$3.7 billion
1997$9.7 billion$5.9 billion$3.8 billion
1998$9.9 billion$3.7 billion$6.2 billion
1999$10.4 billion$2.9 billion$7.5 billion
2000$11.3 billion$3.4 billion$7.9 billion
2001$11.1 billion$3.3 billion$7.8 billion
2002$11.2 billion$2.8 billion$8.5 billion
2003$11 billion$2.8 billion$8.2 billion
2004$12.1 billion$3.3 billion$8.7 billion
2005$13.3 billion$4 billion$9.3 billion
2006$14.7 billion$4.1 billion$10.6 billion
2007$16.1 billion$4.9 billion$11.2 billion
2008$17.8 billion$7.8 billion$10 billion
2009$14.9 billion$7.1 billion$7.8 billion
2010$17.8 billion$9.4 billion$8.4 billion
2011$20.6 billion$10.8 billion$9.8 billion
2012$19 billion$11.5 billion$7.5 billion
2013$19.9 billion$8.9 billion$10.9 billion
2014$20.4 billion$8 billion$12.3 billion
2015$20.8 billion$7.5 billion$13.3 billion
2016$20.3 billion$7.2 billion$13.1 billion
2017$21.4 billion$8 billion$13.4 billion
2018$22.1 billion$10.1 billion$12 billion
2019$21.5 billion$9.2 billion$12.3 billion
2020$21.4 billion$8.5 billion$12.8 billion
2021$28.1 billion$11.1 billion$17.1 billion
2022$36.3 billion$11.4 billion$24.8 billion
2023$27.9 billion$11.1 billion$16.8 billion
2024$29.7 billion$11.7 billion$18.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Indonesia sells to the United States

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

  1. Palm oil$1.6 billion · 5.3%
    1.5 million tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  2. Leather footwear$1.3 billion · 4.4%
    27 thousand tonnes
  3. Other electrical devices$1.1 billion · 3.8%
    11 thousand tonnes
  4. Cameras and broadcast equipment$1 billion · 3.4%
    8 thousand tonnes
  5. New tires$931 million · 3.1%
    185 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  6. Prepared shellfish$816 million · 2.8%
    72 thousand tonnes
  7. Bags, suitcases and cases$793 million · 2.7%
    42 thousand tonnes
  8. Natural rubber$755 million · 2.5%
    376 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  9. Sweaters and pullovers$729 million · 2.5%
    27 thousand tonnes
  10. Textile footwear$727 million · 2.5%
    23 thousand tonnes

What the United States sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$2 billion · 17.3%
    4 million tonnes
  2. Soybeans$1.2 billion · 10.7%
    2.4 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Coal$425 million · 3.7%
    2.4 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  4. Crude petroleum$399 million · 3.4%
    614 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Starch, sugar and brewing residues$352 million · 3%
    1.1 million tonnes
  6. Open-chain hydrocarbons$277 million · 2.4%
    353 thousand tonnes
  7. Airplanes and helicopters$220 million · 1.9%
    135 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Wheat$194 million · 1.7%
    686 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Turbojets and gas turbines$192 million · 1.6%
    452 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  10. Meat and fish meal$182 million · 1.6%
    268 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Jakarta to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Jakarta and Los Angeles is 8,358 nautical miles (15,478 km) long: ≈ 19.5–25 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$33.2 billion · 80.2%
  2. Air$8.2 billion · 19.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Indonesia’s 2nd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and Indonesia was the United States’ 23rd (0.8%).

The United States in Indonesia’s trade
7.8%
The United States’ rank among Indonesia’s partners
2nd
Indonesia in the United States’ trade
0.8%
Indonesia’s rank among the United States’ partners
23rd

Compare with

Other partners of Indonesia

Other partners of the United States

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.