Indonesia's water, non-alcoholic beverage exports surge over 34 pct in 2024
Xinhua
16 Jun 2025, 23:45 GMT+10
JAKARTA, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The shipments of Indonesia's water and non-alcoholic beverages expanded 34.36 percent to 164.21 million U.S. dollars in 2024, according to the Indonesian Export Financing Institution (LPEI).
Senior economist at the LPEI, Donda Sarah, said she was confident the uptrend would continue for the next several years.
This was due to a strong demand from trade partners, she said in a statement on Monday.
The Philippines was the largest market, accounting for 23.61 percent of Indonesia's total exports of water and non-alcoholic beverages in 2024, followed by Vietnam with 12.76 percent, Singapore with 9.96 percent, Malaysia with 8.57 percent, and Timor-Leste with 7.23 percent, official data showed.
Indonesia's exports of water and non-alcoholic beverages in the first four months of 2025 grew 73.45 percent to 77.47 million dollars.
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