REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SAMARINDA -- East Kalimantan chalked up a surplus of US$2.45 billion in international trade in the first two months of the year with exports valued at US$3.26 billion.

The surplus in the January-February period exceeded the surplus recorded by the country in the same period.

Indonesia recorded a surplus of US$1.45 billion in January and February this year with exports of US$25.59 billion.

Head of the provincial office of the Central Bureau of Statistics Aden Gultom said East Kalimantan has always recorded a surplus in its international trade in the past several years.

In February 2015, its trade surplus exceeded US$1.14 billion exceeding the country trade surplus of US$738.3 million.

In January, it had a larger surplus of US$1.31 billion as against the country surplus of only US$709.3 million.

The main export commodities of the natural resource rich province include oil and gas valued at US$1.41 billion and non-oil/gas valued at US$1.84 billion in the first two months of the year.

Non-oil/gas commodities include vegetable and animal oils and fats, timber and timber products,coal and fertilizer.

Its imports include oil fuels, rubber goods and fertilizers.

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