Indonesia's export performance in February dropped by 36.86 percent in terms of value compared to the same period last year, the Central Statistics Agency reported on Wednesday.

Agency head Rusman Heriawan said the total value of exports within the month reached US$7.08 billion or down by 1.02 percent compared to a month earlier.

Rusman said within the first two month of the year, the total value of exports had dropped by 34.5 percent compared to the same period last year.

The agency also reported that consumer prices inflation in March rose by 0.22 percent after increasing 0.21 percent in February. Core inflation, excluding fuel prices, was 7.15 percent compared with 7.42 percent in February. (and)