JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia booked a trade surplus of around $160 million in April, the lowest since April 2020, amid a surge in imports, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday.
The country had recorded a $4.33 billion surplus in March.
Imports jumped 21.84% on a yearly basis to $20.59 billion, with capital goods rising the most. The median forecast in a Reuters poll was for a rise of 7.75%.
Exports rose 5.76% in April from a year earlier to $20.74 billion, matching the median forecast of analysts polled by Reuters.
The bureau is due to release May inflation and other economic indicators later on Monday.
(Reporting by Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman; Editing by John Mair)
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