Is it better if If I replace the words "more than" with "beyond"?

Question

STILL REACHES MORE THAN 8 billion US dollars per year,

or

IS STILL BEYOND 8 billion US dollars per year.

Do they still have the same meaning?

Context:
However, Indonesia still exports its LNG, piping gas and coal. So, It can be said that it is, overall, still a net exporter of fossil energy equalling 2 million barrels of oil per day. This situation is very helpful in providing subsidy funds for domestic fuels, of which the amount STILL REACHES MORE THAN 8 billion US dollars per year despite the fact that Indonesia has cut fuel subsidy by increasing oil price by 100 % last year.

Answer 1

Neither is very nice: beyond doesn't go with amounts, but amounts don't "reach" either. They can, for example, "exceed".

Ack, I'm sorry, your whole paragraph is awfully wordy.

However, Indonesia still exports its LNG, piping gas and coal. [I don't know what LNG is, so I can't say if this is right or wrong.]

Therefore (or as such), it is overall still a net exporter of fossil energy, with exports exceeding imports by 2 million barrels of oil per day. [I think that's what you mean; "equalling" isn't clear.]

This situation is very helpful in providing subsidy funds for domestic fuels [I don't understand this clause]

Even after Indonesia increased oil prices by 100% last year, enabling it to cut fuel subsidies, these subsidies still amount to more than 8 billion US dollars per year.

Answer 2

Actually, I don't like either. For me, this falls better on the ear:

...in providing subsidy funds for domestic fuels, which are still more than 8 billion US dollars per year...
or
...in providing subsidy funds for domestic fuels, which still reach more than 8 billion US dollars per year...

Answer 3

When refering to quantities, such as dollars, you should use "more than." Only use "beyond" when refering to qualities and abstracts: beyond white (more white than white), beyond simple (more simple than what one usually thinks of as "simple"), "Beyond Good and Evil" (a work of philosophy by Freidrich Nietsche on concepts that underly and take precedence over the common conceptions of good and evil).

Answer 4

it is all on the writters choice. personally for the first i would do "more than" and for the second i would stay with "beyond". it really doesnt matter though. just do what souonds best to you

Answer 5

I'd say "reaches more than" sounds better though the choices mean the same.