Luhut wants Indonesia to import cattle from Brazil, Trade Minister Zulhas agrees

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Minister of Trade (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan or who is familiarly called Zulhas welcomed the plan of the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan to open the tap for importing live cattle from Brazil. This method is considered as one of the efforts to reduce the expensive price of beef in the country. Zulhas said that the import plan would certainly open up the option of sourcing cattle from other countries, so that what would be sent into Indonesia would also increase and could reduce the price of beef to below IDR 100,000 per kg. "Yes, that's good, don't just do it in one place. If you only come from Australia, that's a problem for us. It's fine if you come from Brazil," said Zulhas to journalists when met at the Ministry of Trade Office, Jalan Ridwan Rais, Jakarta, Thursday (31/8/ 2023). Furthermore, Zulhas does not deny that the majority of the cows in Indonesia are currently procured abroad or ...