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Indian buffalo meat to arrive next month
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A meat vendor serves consumers in a traditional market in Jakarta recently. The government decided to import buffalo meat from India to provide the people with cheaper meat. (Tempo/-)
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he State Logistics Agency (Bulog) confirmed on Tuesday that the first batch of imported buffalo meat from India would arrive in early August, a delay of the previous plan to have it here by July.
“Currently Quarantine Agency personnel are leaving the country for India. Once they arrive, the first batch of the imported beef will be shipped and it will arrive in Indonesia within three weeks,” said Bulog president director Djarot Kusumayakti in Jakarta.
"We expect it will arrive by early August," Djarot said at the State Palace on Tuesday.
(Read also: Govt's buffalo meat wheeze meets frosty market response)
The government decided to import 10,000 tons of buffalo meat from India to help cut meat prices, said Djarot, adding that it would give options to consumers.
The price of the buffalo meat is expected to be about Rp 60,000 (US$4.58) per kilogram, lower than the price of local beef, which is between Rp 100,000 and Rp 130,000 per kilogram, or imported frozen beef which costs about Rp 80,000 per kilogram. (bbn)
