Indonesia's October Trade Surplus Smaller than Expected

TRADE BALANCE - JAKARTA. Indonesia posted a smaller-than-expected trade surplus in October after exports unexpectedly fell on the back of lower shipments of mining products, official data showed on Monday.

In October, the surplus stood at US$ 2.4 billion, smaller than the US$ 3.72 billion forecast by economists polled by Reuters and narrower than September's US$ 4.34 billion surplus.