Indonesia could relent to external pressure and allow fresh produce to enter the country through the main port in Jakarta, an Australian news agency has reported.
The state-funded Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported the news on 17 May, but gave little to back up the claim.
Australia's federal department of agriculture stated in a media release it was waiting to hear of any changes to the planned closure of Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok Port, the ABC reported.
The Indonesian government announced in January of this year it would limit access of some fresh produce items to just four points of entry.
The regulations, which had been slated to take effect on 19 March, but were later postponed until 19 June, require all imports of 47 fresh produce items to enter the country at either the Belawan seaport in Medan, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Tanjung Perak seaport in Surabaya or Soekarno-Hatta seaport in Makassar.
Australia and the US requested Indonesia scrap plans to ban imported fresh produce from entering the port in Jakarta, under the Mutual Recognition Agreement, the ABC reported.
