JAKARTA - The government has decided to focus on importing live cows. In line with that, the import quota for frozen meat commodities will be reduced. This step is taken as an effort to increase domestic production.
Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan revealed that the government will import 184,000 live cows this year.
"Yang (cash) for fatting plus 184,000," he said when met at the Office of the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Jakarta, Friday, May 16.
Furthermore, Zulhas, what is the matter with Zulkifli Hasan, said that in line with the addition of import quotas for live cows, the government will cut and limit the number of imported frozen beef.
Life cows are for fatting. There are two choices for us to choose (import) fatting cows, so they must be subject to frozen beef imports. Can't be both," he said.
Zulhas said the import of feeder cattle increased the number of imported quotas in 2025 which had been previously set at 350,000 heads. So the import quota for feeder cattle this year is 534,000.
"So I've already talked, friends, if we focus (import) it will be, we'll just free it later. No more quotas, right? If we want to increase the fat, it means that the frozen meat is regulated," he said.
For your information, feeder cattle are a type of beef cattle imported alive and still small. Then, the cows will be kept for a certain period to achieve maximum weight at the optimal age to be cut.
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According to Zulhas, the import of feeder cattle will move the Perkenomian Pertenak which is involved in supplying feed materials.
There are farmers, there are grass farmers, there are corn foods, so many are involved. But if you freeze it or not, there is no added value. Buy frozen, the meat is tested there, here it is immediately sold. If the fatting is a lot of people (involved)," he said.
Zulhas hopes that the government's decision to increase the import quota of feeder cattle will make beef prices more affordable in the future. Moreover, in conditions ahead of Eid al-Adha.
"So the price can be cheaper than if we fat it," he said.
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