REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PALEMBANG - Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi said on Saturday that the government would import more beef to meet the increasing demand prior to Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month, and the post-fasting holiday. 

Ahead of the fasting month, which begins late this month, and the post-fasting holiday of Idul Fitri, one month later, prices would generally rise, including the price of meat, so prices must be curbed through increasing supplies, he said. He added that that more beef import needed to balance the price.

He said that meat would be distributed to marketplaces across the country, including South Sumatra, where the price of meat had already surpassed the national level.

At the national level, meat sells at around 97 thousand IDR per kilogram, but in Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra, it has soared to 105 thousand IDR per kilogram.

In view of that, he said meat distribution to market places must be stepped up to stabilize the price. Lutfi noted that the price had soared because supplies have not yet risen.

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