Denpasar (Antara Bali) - Bali's imports in the first quarter of 2010 more than tripled to US$44.54 million from the same period last year.
Most of the imported goods were production goods to spur Bali's economic growth, head of the Bali provincial statistics office Ida Komang Wisnu said here on Sunday.
The imported goods included ships, floating structures, production machines, electrical appliances and iron and steel goods, he said.
Nearly 29.60 percent of the imports came from Norway, 13.78 percent from China, 13.16 percent from the United States, 11.72 percent from Singapore, 10.06 percent from Australia, 7.89 percent from Hong Kong, 4.08 percent from Taiwan, 1.33 percent from France, 1.16 percent from Germany and 1.09 percent from South Korea.
He said ships and floating structures accounted for 30.79 percent of the total imports in the January-March 2010 period, followed by mechanical machines 19.62 percent, electrical appliances 16.09 percent and precious stone 9.05 percent.
Meanwhile, iron and steel goods contributed 6.04 percent, optical instrument 3.49 percent, leather goods 2.31 percent, rubber products 1.41 percent, and plastics 1.23 percent to the first-quarter imports.
"It is not problem to import production goods because they will have a positive impact on the economic growth and the people's living standard," he said.
He said the imports were far smaller than Bali's exports which reached US$74.99 million over the same period.(*)
