POLL-Indonesia seen posting smaller commerce deficit in December

reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/econ-polls?RIC=IDTRD%3DECI ballot information

Dec exports seen at -3.03% y/y vs Nov’s revised -6.09% y/y

Dec imports seen at -6.30% y/y vs Nov’s -9.24% y/y

$470 mln deficit forecast in Dec, vs Nov’s $1.39 bln deficit

Commerce information due at 0400 GMT on Wednesday, Jan. 15

JAKARTA, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s commerce deficit is more likely to have narrowed in December, following its largest commerce hole in seven months within the prior month, a Reuters ballot confirmed on Monday.

The median forecast from 12 economists within the ballot was for a commerce deficit of about $470 million in December, following a revised $1.39 billion deficit in November.

The ballot forecast exports to have shrunk 3.03% on-year within the month, moderated from November’s 6.09% drop.

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