The U.S. dollar stayed in the upper 117 yen level after giving up its early gains in Tokyo on Monday.

At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at 117.77-80 yen, against Friday's 5 p.m. quotes of 117.77-87 yen in New York and 118.03-06 yen in Tokyo.

It moved between 117.46 yen and 118.08 yen during the day, trading most frequently at 117.95 yen.

The euro traded at 1.3345-3348 dollars and 157.19-23 yen, compared with Friday's 5 p.m. quotes of 1.3349-3359 dollars and 157.30-40 yen in New York and 1.3315-3318 dollars and 157.19-23 yen in Tokyo.

Source: Xinhuart, the flood decreased the export from the port by 7. 5 percent," he said.

Besides, Heriawan said that the decrease of the figure was also caused by the decrease of exports of oil-and-gas products by 1.84 percent and non-oil-and-gas products by 0.14 percent, respectively to 1.46 billion U.S. dollars and 6.857 billion U.S. dollars.

The head of the bureau said that the cumulative export by February this year rose by 11.47 percent to 16.67 billion U.S. dollars, compared to the same period last year.

He said that non-oil-and-gas export in the first two months in 2007 increased by 19.39 percent to 13.72 billion U.S. dollars, compared to the same period in 2006.

Japan followed by the United States and Singapore are still the main destination countries for Indonesia's non-oil-and-gas export in February, said Heriawan.

In the meanwhile, Indonesia's import in February was down by 11. 07 percent to 4.66 billion U.S. dollars, compared to January this year, he said.

Heriawan said that it was caused by the decrease of imports of oil-and-gas products by 20.84 percent and non-oil-and-gas products by 7.65 percent respectively to 0.284 billion U.S. dollars and 0. 297 billion U.S. dollars.

Source: Xinhua