Indonesia pushing early beef imports ahead of Ramadan, will review process for India buffalo meat
Photo: A butcher cuts meat at his stall at a traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 9, 2015. REUTERS/Nyimas Laula
JAKARTA - Indonesia’s trade ministry will clamp down on meat importers that have met less than 20 percent of their frozen beef quota as the government urges companies to speed up imports ahead of Ramadan that begins around May 25, Oke Nurwan, director general of foreign trade at the ministry of trade, told Salaam Gateway.
“If there is no or low import activity we will deactivate their import limit,” said Nurwan.
According to him, the government allocated a quota of 71,281 tonnes of frozen beef imports for the first three months of 2017. Imports were to come from four countries: Australia (41,510 tonnes), United States (14,006 tonnes), New Zealand (12,765 tonnes), and Canada (3,000 tonnes).
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