IN the past three months, the two warehouses on a 720-square-meter plot of land owned by Suharjito in Jatiwarna, Bekasi, West Java have been lying empty and idle. Suharjito, who imports beef, is not happy. Normally 60 tons of imported beef daily fills the 6-meter-high buildings.

Today, he considers himself lucky just to get 20 tons. For the past two months PT Dua Putra, Suharjito’s company, has had to dismiss nearly half of his employees becau