According to the data announced by Statistics
Indonesia (BPS), in July this year
Indonesia's steel imports totaled $901.3 million in value, increasing by 15 percent as compared to the previous month, while the country's import value for articles of iron and steel decreased 2.41 percent month on month to $360.8 million.
In the first seven months of this year,
Indonesia's steel import value came to $6.3 billion, remaining almost stable compared to the same period of the previous year, while the country's import value for articles of iron and steel came to $2.96 billion, up 8.48 percent on year-on-year basis.