Dream - Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman spoke out about the soaring prices of beef and chicken during the month of Ramadan. According to him, this is not entirely bad. Because, it can be considered as providing Eid al-Fitr allowance (THR) to farmers.

"If the price of chicken rises, our farmers won't have their holiday bonuses (THR), so let it increase a little so that their THR can come from the slight increase in chicken prices," said Andi, as quoted from liputan6.com, Thursday, March 14, 2024. He asked the public to accept the price increase and consider it as a donation for the farmers and breeders."

"Now the stock is sufficient to produce enough chicken and eggs, but if it increases slightly, please understand that our farmers do not have Eid al-Fitr allowance," he said. Secretary General of the Indonesian Importers Association of Meat (Aspidi), Suhandri, conveyed that the stock of beef is threatened to be scarce during Ramadan 2024. This is due to delays in the issuance of permits for frozen beef imports by the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag).""

"True (rare) because the stock of meat at the distributor also depends on the stock at the importer, in addition to the availability of local cattle which I think is also not ready in stock," he said, Monday, March 11, 2024. As for the issuance of frozen beef import approval, it takes at least one month before the start of Ramadan fasting. Meanwhile, this year's import permit was only issued two weeks before fasting."

As for the import submission quota for beef consumption, it is 145,250 tons for the year 2024. Meanwhile, the import quota for industrial beef is 5,100 tons. Currently, the price of beef is starting to gradually increase due to the scarcity of stock caused by delayed import permits. The increase in beef prices varies among each distributor.