Indonesia posted a bigger-than-expected trade surplus of $1.52 billion in December, government data showed on Monday, putting the trade balance in the black for a third straight month and relieving pressure on the ailing rupiah.
The result compared with the median forecast for a $550 million surplus in a Reuters poll of analysts and followed a $780 million surplus in November.
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Exports rose 10.33 percent in December from a year earlier, while imports dropped 0.79 percent, the data from the statistics bureau showed.
