Beef Shortages Spell Trouble

As Indonesia nears quota on beef imports, at least 15,000 workers are forced to stay home as a result of the declining supply of local and imported beef. The government has little intention of adding on to the quota.

May 16, 2012

At his stall inside the Senen traditional market in Central Jakarta, Iwan has never sold beef imported from the United States. Therefore, he was not too distressed about the ban on imported beef from the US. Indonesia suspended US imports of boned meat and innards on April 26, two days after the fourth-ever case of mad cow disease in the US was reported in California. Iwan only provides local beef and Australian beef which are much cheaper and s

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