"We are likely to raise the deficit to 2.6 percent or it will slightly be higher than that," Sri Mulyani said

Governor of the Indonesian Central Bank Agus Martowardojo has lowered the projection of economic growth for 2017 to 5.17% yoy

State expenditure would still largely focus on infrastructure construction, education and health cares.

Last year, around 26 million people participated in the exodus, with some 5 million using private vehicles

President Joko Widodo in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping raised the Indonesian interest in increasing CPO exports

The increase in April was mainly supported by foreign exchange earnings.

The imports mostly comprised machines and goods to produce a variety of commodities and souvenirs for export