PORTALJABAR, BANDUNG CITY - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of West Java Province noted that in December 2024, West Java Province experienced monthly inflation or month to month (m-to-m) of 0.35 percent.

The highest inflation occurred in Sukabumi City at 0.84 percent and the lowest in Bandung Regency at 0.20 percent.

Middle Expert Statistician and Head of the West Java BPS Distribution Statistics Team, Ninik Anisah, said that the main contributing commodities in December 2024 included chicken eggs, red chilies, cooking oil, cayenne pepper, and shallots.

Meanwhile, the Farmer Exchange Rate (NTP) in December 2024 was recorded at 111.71 or an increase of 0.42 percent compared to November 2024.

The highest increase in NTP occurred in the horticulture subsector by 5.10 percent. While the deepest NTP decline occurred in the food crop subsector by 0.35 percent, followed by the livestock subsector by 0.17 percent.

In tourism development, the number of foreign tourist visits to West Java who came through the West Java International Airport (BIJB) Kertajati entrance in November 2024 was recorded at 735 visits. When compared to October 2024, there was a decrease of 16.00 percent.

"Malaysian tourists dominate foreign tourists coming to West Java with a contribution of 60.82 percent, followed by Singaporeans at 18.91 percent, and Nigerians and Chinese at 1.36 percent and 0.95 percent respectively," said Ninik.

Main destination areas

Meanwhile, when viewed from the destination area, Bogor Regency is the main destination area with a contribution reaching 15.69 percent of the total number of domestic tourist trips.

Apart from Bogor, the next main destination areas are Bandung City at 11.70 percent, Bekasi City at 7.27 percent, Bandung Regency at 6.50 percent, Bekasi Regency at 6.46 percent, and Depok City at 5.72 percent.

In terms of export and import developments, on an annual basis or year on year (y-on-y), the export value increased by 6.85 percent compared to November 2023 of 3.00 billion US dollars, which was due to an increase in the oil and gas and non-oil and gas groups.

Meanwhile, the import value increased by 4.13 percent compared to November 2023, which was caused by a 15.09 percent increase in the non-oil and gas group. Meanwhile, oil and gas fell by 36.07 percent.