00:00 The government has set up an import quota for a number of commodities,
00:03 including rice, sugar, beef, beef and corn for farmers.
00:08 This importation is done to meet the government's food supply this year.
00:12 The government has set up an import quota for a number of food commodities in 2024.
00:21 The commodities include rice, sugar, beef, beef and corn for farmers.
00:27 This importation is done to meet the government's food supply.
00:31 Based on the National Food Agency's data,
00:33 raw sugar consumption or crystal sugar, which is set at 708,000 tons,
00:38 this number is lower than in 2023, which is set at 900,000 tons.
00:43 While rice import has been set at 2 million tons throughout 2024.
00:49 This rice import task is given to Perum Bulog as the Food Ministry,
00:53 who is responsible for meeting the government's food supply.
00:56 Perum Bulog itself has contracted several countries to buy rice.
01:00 The government has also set up an import for a commodity of 1,000 tons of beef,
01:05 which is assigned to Perum Bulog.
01:07 In addition to Bulog, the Ministry also obtained an import quota of 50,000 tons of beef.
01:12 While for beef imports, it is assigned to the Food Ministry's holding, namely IDFood.
01:17 For corn, the government has set up an import quota of 500,000 tons for livestock.
01:23 And the National Food Agency says that as many as 250,000 tons of corn have entered Indonesia,
01:27 and the rest will be projected to enter in the near future.
01:30 For the import task, corn is given to Perum Bulog,
01:33 and will be distributed directly to chicken and egg farmers, based on the data that has been collected.
01:39 If compared to this year, the number of imports of several communities is indeed declining,
01:44 such as sugar and rice.
01:46 This reduction is done in order to boost domestic production.
01:49 But the increase in import can only occur depending on the production conditions from within the country.
01:54 From Jakarta Timi Putan, IDX Jerman
01:58 Thank you for watching!
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