Indonesia has not suspended import of frozen boneless frozen buffalo meat from India, the Indian Embassy in Jakarta stated on Friday.
“Some competition have been spreading all kinds of rumours on the suspension of frozen buffalo meat by Indonesia with the ulterior motive of defaming risk-free, threat-free of charge Indian buffalo meat with an goal to influence its exports to other countries.
“In see of the reality that there is no such suspension of imports of frozen boneless buffalo meat from India, this is wrong propaganda of some of India’s competition as they are threatened by the ever increasing good results of the Indian buffalo meat,” the embassy stated in a press launch.
ABC report
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) stated in a report on Wednesday, quoting Reuters, that the Indonesia logistics company Bulog Chief Govt Budi Waseso had instructed his Parliament that buffalo meat exports from India had been suspended due to problems above the Covid-19 pandemic.
The company quoted Waseso as reportedly indicating: “due to the lockdown … as well as the enhancement of the COVID-19 virus in India … we temporarily stopped the (buffalo meat) import program.”
ABC more claimed that the trade had appear to a complete halt. Nonetheless, it quoted Indonesian livestock marketing consultant Robu Agustiar as indicating that Indonesia had not resolved to ban Indian buffalo meat imports but could postpone shipments.
Agustiar also reportedly stated the suspension of buffalo meat imports from India could previous for three months.
“There is no suspension of our buffalo meat imports,” stated Tarun Bajaj, Director of Agricultural and Processed Food items Merchandise Exports Improvement Authority (APEDA), which supervises and promotes agricultural exports.
“There is no issue with Indonesia (on buffalo meat exports). It is our competition who are spreading rumours,” he stated.
“On the contrary, Indonesia is in the system of buying more buffalo meat imports from India,” stated Bajaj, who is in cost of exports of processed meals and animal solutions.
ABC claimed that Indonesia had given permission to import 80,000 tonnes of buffalo meat from India and so considerably, thirteen,000 tonnes had reached the Much-East place. But Fauzan Alvi, 1 of India’s most significant meat exporters and spokesperson for All Indi Meat and Livestock Exporters Assoication stated Indonesia has by now sourced twenty five,700 tonnes of buffalo meat from India given that February this year and there were being unquestionably no problems in supplies.
“Indonesia had fully commited to raise the quota to two lakh tonnes, but it is however to put into practice it,” he stated.
“Bulog, which procures meat from India, has just placed an enquiry for provide of 53,000 tonnes of meat to be delivered in phases up to December. Orders based on the enquiry should be finalised by Indian exporters in two months.There is no suspension of Indian exports to Indonesia and these are just baseless rumours,” stated Alavi.
Headway in Indonesian industry
Trade sources stated that Indian competition, significantly in the Asia-Pacific area, were being worried that Indian buffalo meat enjoys a thirty for each cent industry share in Indonesia at this time.
According to beef2live.com Internet site, India ranked fifth in conditions of beef exports, all buffalo meat only, shipping 1.28 million tonnes and having fun with a twelve for each cent share in the global industry.
APEDA information shows that India’s buffalo meat exports recorded a superior of 1.47 million tonnes during 2014-fifteen prior to dropping to 1.fifteen million tonnes during 2019-twenty. Provisional figures for 2020-21 fiscal peg buffalo meat exports at 1.08 million tonnes, although the price was greater at ₹23,460 crore in contrast with past fiscal’s ₹22,661 crore.
Exports rebound
As regards buffalo meat exports to Indonesia, shipments right up until 2015-sixteen were being beneath 900 tonnes prior to gathering momentum and peaking at 94,five hundred tonnes during 2018-19. Although the shipments dropped to seventy three,136 tonnes in 2019-twenty, they had rebounded previous year. In the course of April-February previous fiscal, India had exported 82,347 tonnes.
India has grow to be a resource of a much less expensive option to expensive beef from competition such as Brazil and Australia. It is also seen as a much less expensive resource of protein in the Much-East country.
Trade sources stated that while Indian buffalo meat was obtainable at less than $three,five hundred ( ₹25,five hundred) a tonne, beef from origins such as Australia ruled at over $4,five hundred (₹32,850).
India’s exports of buffalo meat to Indonesia in 2019-twenty were being really worth $230 million with exports valued around the exact same amount previous fiscal. “We can conveniently treble exports. We have all the means,” stated Alavi.
“We have not slice into anyone’s industry share in Indonesia. We only designed an extra industry with our buffalo meat,” stated a trade resource without wishing to be identified.
