Indonesia's economy up 5.5 pct in 2006

Source: Xinhua

Indonesia's economic growth reached 5.5 percent in 2006, with the highest contribution from the sector of communication and transport and the lowest from mining, the country's Statistic Bureau announced here on Friday.

The head of the bureau Rusman Heriawan said the growth was supported by growth in all sectors, including communication and transport, which contributed 13.6 percent, and construction sector, which contributed 9.0 percent.

The services sector contributed 6.2 percent, while trade, hotel and restaurant contributing 6.1 percent, electricity, gas and water, 5.9 percent, finance, real estate and company services, 5.7 percent, manufacturing industry, 4.6 percent, agriculture, 3.0 percent and mining, 2.2 percent.

Deducted of oil and gas sector, the economic growth stood at 6. 1 percent, higher than the overall growth of 5.5 percent, he said.

The head of the bureau said that a series of natural disasters in 2006, including earthquake and floods, curtailed the economic growth.

Thousands of people were killed and a huge number of infrastructures were destroyed by the tsunami and floods across the country last year.