The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that the province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) began exporting copper processed by the PT Amman Mineral Industri (AMIN) smelter in West Sumbawa Regency in April 2025. Copper became NTB's largest export commodity in April 2025 with a value reaching 35.15 million United States dollars (USD).

"The destination countries for copper commodity group exports in April 2025 are China, Taiwan and Thailand," said Head of BPS NTB Wahyudin in Mataram, Monday (2/6/2025).

1. Copper exports reached 89.9 percent of NTB's total exports in April 2025

Wahyudin said copper exports reached 89.9 percent of the total export value of NTB in April. Meanwhile, exports of mining concentrate from PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (AMNT) have been zero since January. Because the mining concentrate has begun to be processed at the PT AMIN Sumbawa Barat smelter.

2. West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) largest exports are to China

He said that China became NTB's largest export destination in April 2025 with a value of 30.9 million USD or around 79.03 percent. The country with the second highest export value was Taiwan with a value of 3.59 million USD or around 9.19 percent, followed by the United States with 1.78 million USD or around 4.55 percent.

The fourth highest export value was directed to Australia with a value of 933,456 USD or around 2.39 percent, the fifth was directed to Thailand with a value of 909,581 USD or around 2.33 percent, and other countries with a value of 982,600 USD or around 2.51 percent.

3. West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) exports plunged 93.79 percent in the January-April 2025 period

Meanwhile, Wahyudin said, NTB's export value in the January-April 2025 period plunged or experienced a decline of 93.79 percent when compared to the January-April 2024 period. NTB's export value in January-April 2025 was 56.41 million USD, while the export value in January-April 2024 was 908.6 million USD.

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