REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DENPASAR -- Bali's exports rose 4.47 percent in value to US$47.98 million in March from US$45.92 million in the same period last year.

"The export earnings rose 19.04 percent from US$40.30 million in February this year," head of the provincial office of the Central Bureau of Statistics Panusunan Siregar said here on Monday.

Siregar said Bali's main export commodities are fishes including shrimp, finished wear , golden ornaments, timber products and furniture.

He said the largest buyer of Bali's commodities was the United States, which accounted for 19.4 percent of the exports, followed by Japan accounting for 10.96 percent, Singapore accounting for 6.99 percent, France 6.57 percent and Australia 6.02 percent.

The exports in March brought the total export value of Bali to US$134.22 million in the first quarter of this year or an increase of 0.97 percent on-year.

Siregar said exports to the United States, and Australia declined by 7.45 percent and 5.10 percent respectively compared with a year earlier.

Exports to Japan, Singapore and France, however, grew 17.42 percent, 21.92 percent and 32.26 percent respectively.

Compared to exports in February, exports to the five countries rose significantly, up 7.58 percent to the United States, 44.35 percent in exports to Japan, 4 percent to Singapore, 53.87 percent to France and 30.41 percent to Australia.

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