Indonesia's foreign trade surplus increased in July, as exports grew faster than imports, figures from Statistics Indonesia showed on Thursday.
The trade surplus rose to $5.76 billion in August from $4.21 billion in July. The expected surplus was $4.09 billion.
Exports climbed 9.17 percent month-on-month in August, and imports logged an increase of 3.77 percent.
Non-oil and gas exports rose 8.24 percent over the month, led by more outflows of animal/vegetable fats and oils.
On an annual basis, both exports and imports surged by 30.15 percent and 32.81 percent, respectively.
