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USMEF Meets With Indonesian Officials On U.S. Beef Access
USMEF Asian representatives, along with USDA-Jakarta personnel, met with officials from Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture Directorate General of Livestock Services (DGLS) on Thursday (June 7) to exchange views on U.S. beef access.
USMEF traveled to Indonesia after the country’s Agricultural Minister issued statements last week that the country reopened to U.S. beef imports. Indonesia is one of the few remaining U.S. beef export markets not to have re-established trade.
DGLS officials said they want to resume U.S. beef trade in the near future so products would be available for Ramadan, a traditional month-long Islamic festival scheduled to begin this year in mid-September.
Indonesia adopted a new meat and poultry import law late last year, which as amended this past March, establishes conditions for the import of boneless beef from cattle under 30-months of age from countries with an OIE “controlled risk” BSE status. The decree also allows for importation of a limited range of beef offal and by-products from controlled risk countries, subject to further "risk assessments."
In the meeting with DGLS, USMEF and USDA reviewed the meaning of the recent OIE risk level classification awarded to the United States, and expressed hope that Indonesia would adopt the terms of OIE guidelines when considering the scope of allowed U.S. beef products. USMEF also explained the USDA's beef export verification program and the challenges it has presented to exporters in other markets.
USDA will follow up with DGLS to further discuss how to re-establish meaningful U.S. beef trade.
USMEF notes that although Indonesia has unilaterally opened its market to boneless beef from cattle under 30 months of age exported from controlled risk countries, there is a still a lot of work to be done before an effective protocol can be put in place. Moreover, it remains unclear whether Indonesia is prepared at this time to make a longer term commitment to a path to full resumption of imports of all beef and beef products from the United States.
In 2003, the United States exported 16,139 metric tons of beef and beef variety meat valued at $15.7 million, making it the 4th largest market in Asia.
Indonesia
USMEF Meets With Indonesian Officials On U.S. Beef Access
USMEF Asian representatives, along with USDA-Jakarta personnel, met with officials from Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture Directorate General of Livestock Services (DGLS) on Thursday (June 7) to exchange views on U.S. beef access.
USMEF traveled to Indonesia after the country’s Agricultural Minister issued statements last week that the country reopened to U.S. beef imports. Indonesia is one of the few remaining U.S. beef export markets not to have re-established trade.
DGLS officials said they want to resume U.S. beef trade in the near future so products would be available for Ramadan, a traditional month-long Islamic festival scheduled to begin this year in mid-September.
Indonesia adopted a new meat and poultry import law late last year, which as amended this past March, establishes conditions for the import of boneless beef from cattle under 30-months of age from countries with an OIE “controlled risk” BSE status. The decree also allows for importation of a limited range of beef offal and by-products from controlled risk countries, subject to further "risk assessments."
In the meeting with DGLS, USMEF and USDA reviewed the meaning of the recent OIE risk level classification awarded to the United States, and expressed hope that Indonesia would adopt the terms of OIE guidelines when considering the scope of allowed U.S. beef products. USMEF also explained the USDA's beef export verification program and the challenges it has presented to exporters in other markets.
USDA will follow up with DGLS to further discuss how to re-establish meaningful U.S. beef trade.
USMEF notes that although Indonesia has unilaterally opened its market to boneless beef from cattle under 30 months of age exported from controlled risk countries, there is a still a lot of work to be done before an effective protocol can be put in place. Moreover, it remains unclear whether Indonesia is prepared at this time to make a longer term commitment to a path to full resumption of imports of all beef and beef products from the United States.
In 2003, the United States exported 16,139 metric tons of beef and beef variety meat valued at $15.7 million, making it the 4th largest market in Asia.