Exports, imports from Tg. Priok down due to floods

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Exports and imports from the country's largest port, Tanjung Priok, have fallen by around 70 pct over the past four days after floods devastated Jakarta and nearby areas, Bisnis Indonesia reported, citing a port official.

Toto Dirgantoro said the fall in activity is due to floodwaters blocking road access to and from industrial areas of the port, which has resulted in a sharp reduction in container truck movements.

Severe flooding that has left at least 36 people dead or missing and forced nearly 340,000 to flee their homes continued to paralyse much of the Indonesian capital Monday for a fifth day, officials and local media reports said.

Waters that submerged more than 70 per cent of the capital on Sunday, the worst since a similar disaster in 2002, had been reportedly receding in some places, but in other areas, including in Bukit Duri suburb of East Jakarta, the flood were still up to rooftops until after mid-day on Monday, said an official at the city's flood centre agency.