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Indonesia lifts partial ban on live cattle imports from Australia
The Agricultural Quarantine Agency says the government would not impose an immediate ban should lumpy skin disease (LSD) be detected again in animals shipped into the country.
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An Agriculture Ministry delegation visits a cattle barn in an area where foot-and-mouth disease was detected in Gresik regency of East Java on May 10, 2022. (Agriculture Ministry /-)
The government has lifted a partial ban on the import of live cattle from Australia, which had been imposed after an earlier detection of lumpy skin disease (LSD).
The decision to undo the suspension of shipments from several Australian exporters follows discussions with Australia, according to the Agriculture Ministry’s Agricultural Quarantine Agency.
Agency head Bambang said in a press conference on Friday that the government had reached an agreement with Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry that its ban on live cattle imports from seven registered establishments had been lifted with immediate effect.
Authorities had culled animals found to be infected with the disease under the supervision of quarantine veterinarians, Bambang explained.
He added that the government would not again resort to an abrupt halt of imports should LSD be detected in future live cattle shipments from Australia.
“We’ve reached an agreement not to impose an immediate ban, given its significant implications for Indonesian beef importers [and] particularly Australian farmers,” Bambang stated during a press briefing, as reported by Bisnis.com.
