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Table5: Indonesia’s major importers, 2018 ($ million)
Products Major players Imports in 2018 Share (%)
Nickel and products made of nickel 1.Australia 68.86 53.08
2.Japan 17.73 13.67
3.Switzerland 5.11 3.94
4.Madagascar 4.50 3.47
5.Germany 4.11 3.16
17.India 0.75 0.57
Tin and products made of tin 1.Malaysia 7.37 48.96
2.Singapore 4.06 27.00
3.Japan 2.05 13.63
4.Vietnam 0.57 3.79
5.Korea 0.46 3.04
10.India 0.03 0.19
Machine tools 1.China 314.46 32.34
2.Japan 287.03 29.52
3.Taipei, Chinese 105.28 10.83
4.Germany 57.42 5.91
5.Italy 36.50 3.75
13.India 4.20 0.43
Electric machinery and equipment 1.China 43.25 0.43
2.Japan 11.97 0.12
3.Singapore 5.68 0.06
4.USA 5.49 0.05
5.Germany 4.68 0.05
10.India 2.04 0.02
Aircrafts, spacecrafts and parts 1.USA 438.34 48.27
2.Singapore 118.46 13.04
3.France 116.81 12.86
4.Germany 49.30 5.43
5.Canada 29.02 3.20
59.India 0.01 0.00
Ships, boats, floating structures 1.China 346.48 26.59
2.Singapore 271.45 20.83
3.Japan 160.78 12.34
4.Korea 141.73 10.88
5.Niue 129.10 9.91
31.India 0.19 0.01

changed significantly over the decade scenario needs to be changed for making Thus for a big leap, India must move up
and India still primarily exports low and high tech products like nuclear reactors the manufacturing and technology fron-
medium technology intensive engineer- and electrical machinery India’s calling in tier, with greater propensity and capacity
ing goods. The share of high tech goods Indonesia. to export products like electrical machin-
is slightly more than 6 percent of the This is where the ‘think big’ and ‘act ery, nuclear reactors, iron and steel, and
overall engineering export basket. This big’ appendage will actually come to play. vehicles to Indonesia.

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