JAKARTA - The Indonesian Meat Traders Association (APDI) DKI Jakarta said that beef traders throughout Jabodetabek would strike from today to Saturday, January 24, 2026. The action was triggered by the too high live weight price of cattle.
The Chairman of the DKI Jakarta APDI, Wahyu Purnama, said that this strike was carried out as a form of protest and concern for traders regarding the condition of the beef trade, which was considered increasingly burdensome.
"We inform that all members of the Indonesian Meat Traders Association (APDI) Slaughterhouse Cattle and Meat Traders will carry out a Trade Strike as a form of protest and concern. This action will be carried out from Thursday, January 22 to Saturday, January 24," he said in an official statement, Thursday, January 22.
Wahyu said that this trade strike was triggered by the failure to realize the results of a meeting between APDI and the PKH Directorate and related agencies held on January 5. In the meeting, the government promised stability in the price of live cattle for two weeks.
However, Wahyu continued, the live cattle price from the feedlot is still too high. As a result, the carcass price at the Animal Cutting House (RPH) level also followed the increase until the consumer level.
"The government's guarantee of the stability of the live cattle price for two weeks has not been realized. The live cattle price from Feedloter is too high. The carcass price from RPH follows the rise," he said.
According to him, the high price of beef at the consumer level is not appropriate in the midst of weakening people's purchasing power.
"The slaughterhouse and traders of meat from traditional markets throughout Jabodetabek, as well as middle and lower-income people who feel very affected by the high price of beef commodities," he said.
Wahyu said this trade strike action was also aimed at encouraging the creation of a more conducive meat trade climate amid increasing cost pressures.
"We hope that the Minister of Agriculture and the Head of the National Food Agency can immediately take concrete steps to stabilize prices for the livelihood of the masses and the sustainability of MSMEs in the downstream," said Wahyu.
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