date:Dec 21, 2012
ident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's government slashed 2012 import quotas for live cattle by over a third and beef by nearly two-thirds.
Next year quotas will be cut by another 30 percent for cattle and 6 percent for beef, even as consumption is seen rising 13 percent.
And beef stocks are dwindling, with officials saying Jakarta has run out of its annual import quota for the meat.
Some bakso sellers have been making up for the lack of beef with pork, considered an outrage in the world's most pop