Jakarta beefs up meat imports
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The Indonesian government will allow extra beef imports to meet rising demand during Ramadan and the Idul Fitri holidays, in addition to the 30,000 tonnes to be imported by the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).
Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said in Jakarta on Wednesday that the government would allow more beef imports as current stocks had been deemed inadequate to meet rising demand over the coming days.
The imported beef, Hatta said, would be outside the additional 3,000 tonnes recently allocated to Bulog to help prevent the price from skyrocketing during the festivities.
“Based on our calculation, current stock is not adequate to meet demand so we will import more beef according to needs as recommended by the Agriculture Ministry,” he said after a coordinating meeting with other ministries on Wednesday.
