date:Nov 27, 2012
bitch at best.
Indonesian beef prices have jumped from $4.50 a kilo (45,000 Rp) a few months ago up to $10 a kilo (100,000 Rp) in some wet markets.
It's understood the supply of cattle into local meatworks has become tight and has forced rolling stoppages in some Indonesian abattoirs.
The Indonesian Government reduced its reliance on Australia for beef this year, cutting import quotas for both live cattle and boxed beef.
Indonesia this year will import 283,000 head of live Australian cattle