Ramadan brings little respite for struggling Indonesian traders


This picture taken on March 6, 2025 shows Ria Angrenni (L) helping customers at her Muslim clothing shop inside Tanah Abang Market in Jakarta. - AFP

JAKARTA: On the fifth floor of South-East Asia's biggest textile market, Indonesian trader Toni Sar waves a white envelope to signal surrender as he points to shuttered units forced to close because of falling business.

"There are many who are not strong anymore. They can't do it anymore," said the 49-year-old clothes trader, who sells to 27 provinces around the archipelago by phone and mail order.

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