Aceh Tamiang Reports 98 Per Cent of MSMEs Resume Operations Following Flood Disaster

Aceh Tamiang, Aceh — The Head of the Aceh Tamiang Regency’s Office of Cooperatives, MSMEs, Industry, and Trade (Diskoperindag), Ibnu Azis, has reported that 98 per cent of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have resumed operations following the flash floods that struck Aceh Tamiang in November 2025.

“We have observed that nearly 98 per cent are fully active again, including both the markets in Kuala Simpang town and the morning markets,” Azis said when met at the Aceh Tamiang Sports Hall Complex in Karang Baru, Aceh Tamiang, on Thursday.

Azis said the MSMEs that have resumed operations include food producers, seafood traders selling fish, and others. He noted that the recovery of MSME activity in the Aceh Tamiang area had been relatively swift, given that all MSMEs were completely paralysed during the first week after the flash floods.

“In the first week after the floods, there was absolutely no activity, but over these three months we have seen activity resume to nearly 100 per cent,” Azis said.

On the same occasion, Azis also highlighted the significant surge in the number of MSMEs recorded in the Aceh Tamiang area. In 2024, Aceh Tamiang had recorded 15,073 active MSMEs in the region. Following the floods, approximately 40,000 MSMEs in the Aceh Tamiang area were identified as having been affected.

“The Regent has instructed that MSMEs must recover and the economy must keep running,” Azis said.

The Aceh Tamiang administration has organised Ramadhan bazaars to help revive MSMEs affected by the flash flood disaster. Azis said two locations had been prepared for the Ramadhan bazaars — one at the Aceh Tamiang Sports Hall Complex and another in Kuala Simpang town.

Beyond providing trading spaces, Diskoperindag is also delivering training programmes for MSME operators and collecting data on MSME operators to facilitate assistance from relevant ministries and agencies.

“In the coming days, we will also conduct socialisation sessions on People’s Business Credit (KUR) loans for the public, covering loans at zero per cent, three per cent, six per cent interest, and so on,” Azis said.