JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's exports rose 1.72% in April from a year earlier to $19.62 billion, less than expected, data from the statistics bureau showed on Wednesday.

A Reuters poll of economists showed Indonesia's exports were expected to increase by an annual 4.57% in April.

The bureau is due to release imports and trade balance data later on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Gayatri Suroyo and Ananda Teresia; Editing by John Mair)