Manufacturing Industry
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, Indonesia’s manufacturing industries grew by 3.7%, compared to the same period in 2018. Non-coal, oil, and gas manufacturing industries grew by 4.4% during the six months ended June 30, 2019, mainly driven by the textile and apparel subsector, which grew by 19.9%. This growth was partially offset by a 8.2% contraction in the timber subsector, wood and cork products, woven goods from bamboo, rattan and the others subsector.
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles sector grew by 4.9%, compared to the same period in 2018. This growth was driven by the wholesale and retail trade of non-cars and motorcycles subsector and the repairs subsector, which grew by 5.3% and 3.4%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2018.
Agriculture, forestry and fishery
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the agriculture, forestry, and fishery sector grew by 3.7%, compared to the same period in 2018. This growth was mainly driven by the fisheries sub-sector and the agriculture, livestock, hunting and agriculture services subsector which grew by 6.0% and 3.4%, respectively. This growth was partially offset by a 1.1% contraction in the forestry and logging subsector.
Mining and Quarrying
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the mining and quarrying sector grew by 0.8% compared to the same period in 2018, primarily due to growth in the coal and lignite mining and the other mining and quarrying subsector, which grew by 13.3% and 5.2%, respectively. This growth was partially offset by a contraction in the metal ore mining and the oil, gas and geothermal mining subsector, which contracted by 22.1% and 2.8%, respectively.
Construction
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the construction sector grew by 5.8% compared to the same period in 2018. This growth was primarily due to the increased construction activity on infrastructure projects such as light rail transits and highways.
Transportation and Warehousing
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the transportation and warehousing sector grew by 5.5%, compared to the same period in 2018. The subsector contributing the highest growth was land transport at 9.8%, followed by warehousing and support activities for transportation; postal and courier at 9.0%, and sea transport at 7.9%. This growth was partially offset by a 12.0% contraction in the air transport subsector.
Information and Communication
During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the information and communication sector grew by 9.3% compared to the same period in 2018. This growth was primarily due to an increase in the number of start-ups and construction of base transceiver stations.
Other sectors
None of the other sectors shown in the tables above comprised more than 5% of GDP, at either current prices or constant prices, for the periods indicated.
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