REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said Indonesia suffered a deficit of US$1.97 billion in international trade in April as against a surplus of US$673.2 million in March.

Indonesia's exports fell 5.92 percent to US$14.29 billion in April from US$15.19 billion in March 2014, Head of BPS Suryamin told reporters here on Monday.

He noted that oil and gas exports made up US$2.63 billion of the total exports in value with other commodities accounting for US$11.66 billion.

He said imports surged to US$16.26 billion in April or an increase of 11.93 percent from US$14.52 billion in March.