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Dairy product prices expected to rise by up to 4 percent – Indonesia
Apr 28, 2011
Dairy producers have announced plans to increase the prices of milk products by between 2 and 4 percent this year.The increases are expected to be applied to all dairy products, including powdered milk, formula milk and fresh milk.Indonesian Milk Processing Industry Association (AIPS) executive director Syahlan Siregar said the prices of raw materials used in dairy products had also gone up recently.
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Govt scraps import duties temporarily - Indonesia
Apr 27, 2011
The government has temporarily scrapped import duties for 182 raw materials and capital goods to lower costs for local manufacturers, expecting to increase local product competitiveness amid flooding imports and a widening trade deficit with China, officials say on Tuesday. On the other hand, the government raised import duties for eight food items to 10 percent from 5 percent to “protect local downstream industries from an invasion of imports of such products”, Finance Ministry’s Fiscal Policy Office (BKF) acting chief Bambang Brodjonegoro said.
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RI insists on radiation-free certification of Japanese food products – Indonesia
Apr 27, 2011
Deputy Agriculture Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said on Tuesday that the government would reject imports of Japanese food products if they were not certified as being radiation-free.“If there are food products that we cannot guarantee as radiation-free, we will not accept them,” he said at the state palace as quoted by tempointeraktif.com. Bayu said Indonesia would uphold the regulation in a bid to protect domestic consumers. Japan had previously refused to meet Indonesia’s request for radiation-free certification of Japanese products.
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Ministry mulls annulling soybean import duties – Indonesia
Apr 14, 2011
The Agriculture Ministry is considering proposing to the Trade Ministry the revocation of the free import duties policy for soybeans to protect local farmers.Agriculture Minister Suswono said the zero import duties currently imposed on soybeans caused the lower prices of imported soybeans than those locally produced, so as planting soybeans no longer appealed to local farmers. “If the prices fall, of course I will propose to the Trade Ministry that it re-impose import duties,” Suswono said Wednesday as quoted by kontan.co.id.The Agriculture Ministry is targeting a local soybean production of 1.56 millions tons this year. It also wants Indonesia to fully supply its own soybeans by 2014.
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Government’s Increase of Beef Quota News to the Importers
Apr 12, 2011
Confusion over Indonesia’s beef imports continued despite the Agriculture Ministry raising its import quota last week. The ministry said on Wednesday that it had lifted the quota of imported beef from 50,000 tons to 72,000 tons. However, neither the Indonesian Meat Importers Association (Aspidi) nor the National Meat Processors Association (Nampa) said they had not gotten word as of Monday. Aspidi chairman Thomas Sembiring said he had yet to receive official notice of the quota increase. He also confirmed that none of the association’s members were allowed any extra imports.
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Minister Restricts Meat Imports – Indonesia
Apr 08, 2011
The Agriculture Ministry will optimize supplies from local farmers to meet domestic meat demand. The government will cut meat imports to one fourth of the national need. “If possible, we should be self-sufficient in meat,” said Agriculture Minister Suswono yesterday.
In 2011, the ministry has projected meat imports up to 72,000 tons. So far, 26,000 tons have arrived. Suswono said the ministry would prevent meat imports from exceeding the quota and upsetting the supply. “We will evaluate it every three months. We hope the local supply continues to grow so we can reduce imports,” he said.
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Asia Grains-Indonesia steps up corn imports from India
Mar 28, 2011
Indonesia has stepped up corn imports from India after snapping up a major deal with New Delhi early this week, while Sri Lanka and Nepal are likely to place orders for Indian cargoes. Traders said Indonesia, trying to secure supplies of some essential food products, has bought an additional 200,000 tonnes of Indian corn after striking a deal to buy 100,000 tonnes in its biggest import contracts with New Delhi in at least two years.
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Beef supply in Indonesia set to dry up
Mar 24, 2011
The Indonesian government has been criticised over a decision to uphold import restrictions on beef products, most of which come from Australia, amid warnings supplies on supermarket shelves will dry up by next month.The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture earlier this month confirmed it would again impose import restrictions on boxed meat products and live cattle, as part of a policy aimed at making the domestic industry self-sufficient by 2014.
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Government ‘Too Hasty’ Trimming Beef Imports
Mar 23, 2011
Beef may become increasingly scarce next month as the government rushes its efforts to reach self-sufficiency, the Indonesian Meat Importers Association said on Tuesday. In February last year, the Agriculture Ministry instituted a program to make Indonesia self-sufficient in beef by 2014. As part of the effort, the government dramatically cut this year’s quota for beef imports to 50,000 tons, after the country shipped in 120,000 tons in 2010.
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Indonesia to supply 30 pct of Singapore's vegetable needs
Mar 07, 2011
Indonesian Farming Minister Suswono said on Wednesday that the government has set a target to supply 30 percent of Singapore vegetable needs. "This is our target until 2014," the minister said in his visit in a farming plantation located Tanah Karo regency, North Sumatra province.
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Indonesia to begin agriculture cooperation program with Iran
Feb 25, 2011
After Uruguay recently sent a delegation to Iran to negotiate agricultural trade and technology agreements, another Southern Hemisphere country is about to embark on an agricultural cooperation program with the heavily-sanctioned nation. Indonesia is on the verge of implementing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Iranian government in 2008, which will involve the exchange of agricultural information, experts, training and promotion, according to Antaranews.com.
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Indonesia to Suspend Food Import Duties
Feb 01, 2011
Indonesia will suspend import duties on wheat, soybeans, fertilizer and other food-related items for the rest of the year, escalating its fight against soaring food prices that have driven up inflation in Southeast Asia's biggest economy and other countries in the region. It's the latest move by Jakarta to contain inflation, which is turning into a serious political headache for the government and has shaken confidence of foreign investors who are among the largest holders of Indonesian government bonds.
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Trade target set at $25 b with Indonesia
Jan 27, 2011
India and Indonesia, seeking to take their partnership to the next level, have agreed to begin
negotiations for concluding a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) and set a bilateral trade target of $25 billion by 2015 against $11 billion last fiscal.
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Indonesian govt warned against relying on rice imports
Jan 21, 2011
The government has been warned against relying on rice imports to stabilize rice prices in the domestic market, with global natural disasters and weather conditions forcing exporting countries to halt rice exports. Winang Budoyo, economist at PT Bank CIMB Niaga, the country’s fifth largest lender by assets, said on Thursday that Indonesia should strengthen its domestic rice supply instead.
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Indonesia issues permits to import 2.43 mln T raw sugar
Jan 18, 2011
Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest sugar consumer, has issued permits to import 2.43 million tonnes of raw sugar for 2011, an increase of 5 percent from 2010, Faiz Ahmad, director of food industry at the industry ministry said on Monday.
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Indonesia eyes U.S. wheat over concern at Australian supplies
Jan 14, 2011
United States wheat exporters are seeing rising interest from Indonesia as importers look for alternative suppliers to flood-hit Australia, with negotiations expected to intensify in coming weeks, an industry official said on Thursday. Indonesia relies entirely on imports for its wheat, and consumption is expected to rise between 5-10 percent to around 5.2 million tons this year, local milling officials say. Australia traditionally provides over half that, but the wheat industry there suffered a fresh setback from the country's floods disaster on Wednesday with a key grain port shutting down overnight, further restricting exports.
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Indonesia 2010 Cocoa Exports Rise 2.1% as Rain Damps Output
Jan 06, 2011
Cocoa bean exports from Indonesia’s main growing region of Sulawesi island increased 2.1 percent last year as a longer-than-normal rainy season disrupted harvests, the Indonesian Cocoa Association said.
Shipments from the world’s third biggest producer of the chocolate ingredient rose to 280,708 metric tons in 2010 from 274,887 metric tons in 2009, according to data released by the association today.
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Malaysia, Indonesia eye March wheat
Dec 27, 2010
Indonesia is likely to be in the market for some 100,000 tonnes of wheat for March shipment, while Malaysia is expected buy around 60,000 to 80,000 tonnes early January when traders and millers return from the year-end break. India, which sold around 10,000 tonnes of soybean meal to Vietnam in holiday-thinned trading this week, is likely to corner more deals on competitive offers, regional traders said.
"Most mills in Asia are covered until March, but Malaysia and Indonesia are still open form some cargoes," said one trader with an international trading firm in Singapore. "I think they are going to buy as soon as they come back because prices are going up."
US-origin dark northern spring (DNS) wheat with 13 percent protein content was quoted around $450 a tonne, including cost and freight, in Asia this week, while the same variety with 13-1/2 percent protein level is being offered at $470 a tonne. US soft white wheat is selling around $365 a tonne, with prices of all varieties of US wheat having climbed $15-$20 in the last 10 days.
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Indonesia to import another 250,000 tons of rice
Dec 03, 2010
Indonesia will import more than 250,000 tons of rice in order to maintain food security in the country, Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said at the opening of the Indonesian Palm Oil Conference and Outlook Price 2011 in Bali on Thursday. When asked if rice would be imported from Thailand, Hatta confirmed that it would. “Yes, there will be more 250,000 tons more (imported rice). Please ask the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) for details,” Hatta said as quoted by kompas.com. Coordinating Economic Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Maritime Affairs Diah Maulida said the additional imported rice would supplement the initial 600,000 tons previously imported. She said the Thai rice was of premium quality and therefore had a higher price. Diah said if the rice could be imported by the end of the year, the total rice imports would reach 850,000 tons.
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Indonesian wheat stocks hit by Russian export ban
Nov 09, 2010
Following are selected highlights from a report issued by a US Department of Agriculture attache in Indonesia: "Indonesian Wheat Flour Mills Association reported that the sharp decline of Russian wheat production followed by a ban on wheat exports, combined with possible lower wheat production in Canada and Australia, are straining Indonesian supplies of wheat and wheat flour. Turkey, which has long been a source of relatively cheap wheat flour for Indonesia, has stopped exporting wheat flour in order to secure its own domestic needs. In MY 2008/09, around 500,000 tons of wheat flour in Indonesia was imported, with Turkey accounting for the largest market share (53 percent), followed by Belgium (15 percent), Sri Lanka (15 percent) and Australia (14 percent). The void left by Turkish wheat flour provides potential for increased US wheat exports to Indonesia. Post will continue monitoring the market before making any adjustment to the wheat PSD. The decline of lower priced wheat flour imports, tight supplies of wheat in the international market, and high demand of wheat flour especially during the Ramadhan and the Eid Il Fitri holidays have resulted in increased prices of wheat flour and processed wheat-based products.
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Extreme weather forces Indonesia to import rice
Oct 18, 2010
Indonesia will be forced to import rice in bulk and reduce exports of other commodities after extreme weather harmed agriculture over the past few months, officials said Friday.Crop yields -- especially rice -- were harmed when the La Nina phenomenon significantly reduced the dry season period between April and September, said Indonesian Farmers Association secretary general Benny Pasaribu."La Nina played a big role in decreasing agricultural output. It has caused flooding across Indonesia that also reduced production of some crops," he said."If this condition persists, then crop output could sink further," he added.La Nina is a weather pattern that leads to stronger monsoons, greater rainfall and hurricanes in the Pacific basin."Growth in rice production has reached only two percent this year compared to 6.7 percent in 2009,"said state logistics agency head Sutarto Alimoeso."In order to maintain the stockpile of rice, the agency will import rice from Thailand and Vietnam," he added.
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Indonesia gives official blessing to Canadian wheat
Oct 18, 2010
Indonesia, a major international buyer of Prairie wheat, has given Canadian grown crops its official blessing, eliminating the need for costly testing at Indonesian ports.The move gives Canada preferred status in a market worth more than $300 million a year to Prairie wheat farmers, and effectively recognizes the superior quality-control systems for grain exported from Canada, according to the Winnipeg-based Canadian Wheat Board.Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, who led a trade mission to Indonesia earlier this week, announced the achievement today.
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Thailand sells 200,000T rice to Indonesia’s Bulog
Oct 07, 2010
Thailand, the world’s biggest rice exporter, has sold 200,000 tonnes of rice to Indonesia’s state procurement body, Bulog, from government stocks, Thai industry and government officials said on Wednesday. “The deal for 200,000 tonnes has been sealed and shipment should start in December, and they are now talking about another possible deal of around 300,000 tonnes,” said a Bangkok-based trader. A government official, who declined to be named, said it was possible the second deal could be for more than 300,000 tonnes.
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Indonesia Can be a good business opportunity for Indian meat exoportes as Australian beef has been banned by Indonesia
Aug 10, 2010
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it's concerned about Indonesia's decision
to restrict imports of Australian boxed beef and live cattle exports.
Indonesia has dramatically slashed the amount of product it will import, saying it wants
Indonesian farmers to become self sufficient and develop their own industry.
The Department says embassy officials in Jakarta continue to talk to the Indonesian
Government about Australia's ability to supply "quality, disease-free cattle and boxed
beef.
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INDONESIA – Export of Indonesia’s poultry processed products to European countries is hindered by A/H1N1 virus issue, an official said here on Monday
Jun 30, 2010
Don P. Utoyo, coordinator of Indonesian Poultry Society Forum, told reporters that lobby of government-to-government (G-to-G) is required as Indonesian poultry processed products are safe to be consumed as they are “well-cooked”.
“I am sure the G-to-G mechanism will succeed to pass through the obstruction,” Mr Utoyo said.
Indonesian poultry producers are focusing to export their products to the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), Asia-Pacific countries as well as the United States, he said.
He said that Indonesia could imitate Malaysia that is successful in making a specific system so that the country could declare itself as free of the virus.
According to Mr Utoyo, ASEAN countries have similar food taste and Indonesia should take advantage of its flavor that is better compared to other countries.
He said that cooperation between all stakeholders consisting on government, researcher, business sector, the press and public is very important to encourage the sector to export its products.
Desyanto Budi Utomo, chairman of Indonesian Poultry Society, said that foreign countries should not be doubt of safety on Indonesian poultry processed food.
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