Indonesian citizens' Ramadan nutrition is safe, and cattle trade imports are abundant

Published Feb 16, 2023

Tridge summary

Indonesia has seen a significant surge in beef imports in January 2023, with a 103.3% increase compared to the same period last year and a 40.95% increase compared to the previous month. The majority of the imports were from India, followed by Brazil. The increase is likely to be due to the upcoming Ramadan holiday. The National Food Agency has also requested Perum Bulog and Food BUMN Holding to import more meat to meet demand.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Imports of beef or beef have started to increase rapidly in January 2023. In fact, beef imports increased by thousands of percent from India earlier this year. It is very likely that the abundant beef imports will be carried out in order to meet the needs of Ramadan this year. Data on imports of certain food commodities from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) shows that in January 2023, imports of 16.18 million kilograms of Indonesian beef were imported. This figure increased by 103.3% when compared to the volume of imported beef in January 2022 of 7.96 million kilograms. Meanwhile, compared to December 2022, which was 11.48 million kilograms, an increase of 40.95%. In January 2023, the most imports of ox meat came from India, amounting to 13.49 million kilograms. Up to 4,281.82% compared to the record in January 2022 volume of 308 thousand kilograms. However, compared to the volume of imports in December 2022 which was only 28 thousand kilograms, ...

Source: Cnbcindonesia