January 23, 2024

Indonesia's state firms to get 120,000 metric tonnes of meat from Brazil and India this year

Indonesia has assigned its state food procurement firms, Bulog and IDFood, to procure 120,000 metric tonnes of meat from Brazil and India in 2024, the National Food Agency (NFA) said this month.

Bulog was allotted an import quota of 100,000 tonnes of water buffalo meat from India while IDFood was assigned to import 20,000 tonnes of beef from Brazil, NFA chief Arief Prasetyo Adi told reporters.

Bulog's chief executive, Bayu Krisnamurthi, said the firm will open a tender soon, aiming to have the meat arrive before the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan that will occur in the middle of March.

"We are trying to have them (arrive before Ramadan) to strengthen our stocks," Bayu said.

The meat import quota for Bulog and IDFood has been kept around the same level as last year, Arief said.

- Reuters