date:Jun 09, 2012
ted by increasing the beef import quota, the price could reach IDR200,000/kg.
General secretary of the Indonesian Retail Association Satria Ahmadi confirmed the committees claim. He said that, due to the reduction in the beef import quota, beef supply for retail fell by 21%. And our earnings were down about 11.73%, he added.
This year, the Ministry of Agriculture set a quota of beef imports at 34,000t. This number was far smaller than last year, when it reached 100,000t. The beef import quota