Ahead of Ramadan, Indonesia imports a lot of meat and sugar

Published 2023년 2월 21일

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In anticipation of Ramadan, the Indonesian government has authorized food commodity imports, focusing on meat and sugar, to address the shortage. Two state-owned enterprises, ID Food and Perum Bulog, have been tasked with these imports. Perum Bulog will import 100,000 tonnes of buffalo meat from India, to be sold at IDR 80,000 per kg, and ID Food will import 100,000 tonnes of Brazilian beef, to be sold at a relatively cheaper price, IDR 105,000 per kg. Additionally, ID Food will import 237,575 tonnes of white crystal sugar for household and public consumption.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Approaching Ramadan, Indonesia opens imports of food commodities, especially meat and sugar to meet demand. Imports were given to 2 BUMNs in the form of assignments, namely ID Food and Perum Bulog. The first is buffalo meat. The government has assigned Perum Bulog to immediately import 100,000 tonnes of buffalo meat from India. Later the buffalo meat imported by Perum Bulog will be sold at around IDR 80,000 per kg. Then the second is beef. For this, an assignment was given to ID Food to import Brazilian beef immediately. The Import Approval Letter has been issued by the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag). Main Director of ID Food Frans Marganda Tambunan revealed that his party would gradually import 100,000 tons of Brazilian beef. The budget prepared by ID Food to import this frozen beef, the total purchase is around IDR 10 trillion. However, because the purchases are made in stages, the need is around IDR 2 trillion to IDR 3 trillion. Later the frozen beef ...

Source: Cnbcindonesia