Indonesia pushing early beef imports ahead of Ramadan, will review process for India buffalo meat


Photo: A butcher cuts meat at his stall at a traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 9, 2015. REUTERS/Nyimas Laula

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s trade ministry will clamp down on meat importers that have met less than 20 percent of their frozen beef quota as the government urges companies to speed up imports ahead of Ramadan that begins around May 25, Oke Nurwan, director general of foreign trade at the ministry of trade, told Salaam Gateway.

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