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High beef prices leads consumers to opt for chicken, goat
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A vendor manages his meet stall at Senen Market in Central Jakarta on June 7. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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ndonesia’s soaring beef prices have led consumers to shift to consuming more goat meat or chicken during the festive season, an industry player has said.
“The price of beef remains high at Rp 123,000 (US$9.13) to Rp 125,000 per kilogram,” Abdullah Mansuri, the chairman of Indonesian Market Traders Association (IKAPPI), said on Monday, as reported by kompas.com.
With relatively high beef prices, consumers are preferring to buy goat meat and chicken during the Christmas season, which were priced at Rp 115,000 per kg and Rp 33,000 per kg, respectively.
“Usually, the price of beef and chicken drops after Christmas, but it will rise again at the beginning of the year. That’s the annual price cycle,” he said.
(Read also: Indonesia's holiday food stock enough for 4 months: Ministry)
Previously, the Trade Ministry facilitated a beef distribution cooperation agreement between the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) and Indonesian Meat Distributors Association (ADDI).
The cooperation was made to ensure that beef prices do not exceed the government’s upper price ceiling of Rp 80,000 per kg. (win)
