date:Jul 22, 2013
mestic livestock industry, Wirjawan said that beef and cattle would only be imported if local prices spike by more than 15 percent.
To meet the spike in demand for beef during Muslim holy month of Ramadan and bring prices down to below 80,000 rupiah ($7.95) per kg, only an initial 25,000 head of cattle needed to be imported, said Joni Liano, executive director of the Indonesian Feedlot Association.
In late May, Indonesia relaxed restrictions on some imports to contain domestic beef prices and