Bali’s export only donated 6.4% in the first three months of 2009. It decreased compared to the same period which was 15.19%. Viraguna Bagoes Oka, the head of Indonesian Bank Denpasar, said that the factors influencing the slow economics growth was the decrease of demand and order for abroad.
“The condition can be seen from the contraction of Bali’s exports which was 9.1%. The contraction mostly happened in manufactures products such as furniture while the handicrafts business still developed well,” added Viraguna.
Farming products also decreased and only donate 21.5% so it can not help the economic growth of Bali. In the main commodities exports, only fish and shrimps grow positively while other commodities such as clothes, silver, and households decreased rapidly.
The imports value grown 51% in the same period and the items that made the increase was manufacture and farming. Bali Industrial Department stated that the number of non oil and gas export in the first three months of 2009 decreased 10% compared the same period last year.
News by International Bali Post
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