(Corrects period in headline, paragraph 1 to four months, not five)

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia recorded its weakest export growth in four months in August, official data showed on Wednesday, a potential sign that U.S.-bound shipments have been affected by President Donald Trump’s tariffs taking effect that month.

Indonesia’s exports in August rose 5.78% from a year earlier to $24.96 billion, slightly stronger than the 5.5% growth forecast by economists in a Reuters poll.

Exporters had front-loaded shipments to the United States in a bid to beat the tariff deadline, which helped bolster the trade surplus for a few months ahead of the tariffs kicking in on August 7.

The United States, a major export market for Jakarta, set a 19% tariff rate on Indonesian products, in line with regional

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