Meanwhile, Indonesian exports of completely knocked down (CKD) car units in the first quarter of 2017 fell 35.2 percent (y/y) to 17,546 units, while shipments of car components dropped 14.7 percent (y/y) to 1.16 million units over the same period.

Read more: Analysis of Indonesia's Automotive Industry

Imports of CBU units into Indonesia, on the other hand, fell 14.2 percent (y/y) to 19,654 units in the first quarter of 2017, implying Indonesia has a growing surplus on the CBU trade balance.

Indonesian Car Exports:

    2010   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015   2016   2017
CBU
(car units)
 85,769 107,932 173,368 170,907 202,273 207,691 194,397  56,371¹
CKD
(car units)
    n.a.     n.a. 100,074 105,380 108,580 108,770 202,626  17,546¹

CBU = completely built up
CKD = completely knocked down
¹
Q1-2017 only
Source: Gaikindo

Meanwhile, car sales in Indonesia are showing a solid recovery so far this year. In the first three months of 2017 a total of 282,596 cars were sold on the Indonesian market, up 5.7 percent (y/y) from 267,302 sold car units in the same period one year earlier.

Indonesian Car Sales (CBU):

Month Sold Cars
   2013
Sold Cars
   2014
Sold Cars
   2015
Sold Cars
   2016
Sold Cars
   2017
January   96,718  103,609   94,194   85,002   86,253
February  103,278  111,824   88,740   88,208   94,859
March   95,996  113,067   99,410   94,092  101,484
April  102,257  106,124   81,600   84,770
May   99,697   96,872   79,375   88,567
June  104,268  110,614   82,172   91,488
July  112,178   91,334   55,615   61,891
August   77,964   96,652   90,537   96,282
September  115,974  102,572   93,038   92,541
October  112,039  105,222   88,408   92,106
November  111,841   91,327   86,938  100,365
December   97,706   78,802   73,264   86,547
Total 1,229,916
1,208,019 1,013,291 1,061,859

 

     2009    2010    2011     2012     2013     2014     2015     2016
Car Sales
(car units)
 486,061  764,710  894,164 1,116,230
1,229,916 1,208,019 1,013,291 1,061,859

Source: Gaikindo

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