Indonesia has assigned its state food procurement entities, Bulog and IDFood, to acquire 120,000 metric tons of meat from Brazil and India this year, as announced by the National Food Agency (NFA) on Thursday.
Bulog was allocated an import quota of 100,000 tons of water buffalo meat from India, while IDFood was designated to import 20,000 tons of beef from Brazil, as stated by NFA chief Arief Prasetyo Adi to reporters.
Timely Meat Delivery Targeted for Ramadan
Bayu Krisnamurthi, the CEO of Bulog, announced plans to initiate a tender soon, with the aim of securing the meat delivery ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in mid-March.
“We are trying to have them (arrive before Ramadan) to strengthen our stocks,” Bayu said.
Arief, the NFA chief, mentioned that the meat import quota for Bulog and IDFood has been maintained at a similar level to that of the previous year.
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