date:Sep 17, 2013
o encourage domestic output but policy changes over the past six months, such as forcing traders to buy domestic supplies and imposing a floor and ceiling price for buyers and sellers, have added to market uncertainty.
Imports have slowed, and the Indonesian Joint Cooperatives of Tempe Tofu Makers went on strike last week to protest against rising soybean prices.
Although the government has removed import quotas, it has maintained the controversial system of issuing import permits, which trade