Jakarta, Aug. 14 -- President Prabowo Subianto said on Friday that PT Danantara Sumber Daya Indonesia (DSI) had identified potential additional state revenue of US$5 billion through monitoring exports of strategic commodities over a period of just more than two months.

Speaking at a joint parliamentary session ahead of Indonesia's Independence Day, Prabowo said DSI had monitored more than 6,000 export transactions involving three strategic commodities: coal, palm oil and ferroalloys.

"DSI has identified potential additional revenue of US$5 billion simply from price differences and adjustments," Prabowo said.

"Regarding export proceeds, imagine if in the future all of our export commodities are monitored and managed by PT DSI. How much ...