"Supply and demand sufficient 2012 so no need for an additional import quota," cetus Rochimin in the building of the Ministry of agriculture on Tuesday (27/11/2012).
Nationally the needs of beef and Buffalo in 2012 for consumption and industry as much as 484.000 tons. Whereas the availability of as many as 400 thousand tons of beef from local people satisfied.
So there is a lack of provision of 85 thousand tons. This deficiency is filled from the import of cows going and frozen meat. From cows going as much as 280 tail or the equivalent of 51 thousand tons and imported frozen meat as much as 34 thousand tons.
For the period November-December 2012 the amount of the supply of which was recorded as much as 112.885 tons and kebutuha tons of 80.667 reaching only. So the difference between supply and demand is still a surplus of as much as 32.218 tons. According to Rochimin with data that has been presented by the Ministry of agriculture and he estimated the self-sufficiency of meat will happen in 2014.
"Self-sufficiency is what we strive. One of the cows that get support for self-sufficiency in 2014, "he added.
He said efforts to reduce imports of cows going and frozen meat is already in line with the law.
"Besides reduction program gradually frozen beef import quota and going to constitute a systematic movement. Food LAW has stated that. If that's (frozen beef imports) was done penggembosan is an effort to attempt self-sufficiency meat 2014, "explained Rochimin.
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