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Govt assigns 7 secondary cut beef importers, dismisses official
The government has decided to issue licenses for seven companies to import secondary cut beef in a bid to reduce the stubbornly rocketing price of beef in local markets.
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A vendor manages the beef on his stall at Senen market in Central Jakarta on June 7. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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he government has decided to issue licenses for seven companies to import secondary cut beef in a bid to reduce the stubbornly rocketing price of beef in local markets.
Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman said he would amend the ministerial regulation regarding imports, which was expected to be signed this week, on Friday at the latest.
"We have had a meeting with seven large companies, or importers, who are ready to sell the meat below Rp 80,000 [US$6.11] per kilogram. We will import it according to market needs," Amran said in Jakarta on Thursday.
The affordable secondary cut beef, he continued, would be distributed mainly in Greater Jakarta (Jabodetabek), including Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi, where imported beef was around 90 percent of supply.
Currently the price of beef in Jakarta's local markets, according to Trade Ministry data, is hovering at around Rp 116,360 per kg.
Amid the government's failure to supply sufficient beef for the local market, the Agriculture Ministry's director general for husbandry and animal health, Muladno Basar, has been dismissed from his position. (ags)
