TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman claimed that the market operation carried out by the government is effective to lower beef prices in the market. Therefore, Amran said that market operations will continue to be held regularly, not only during Ramadan or Eid al-Fitr.
"Does beef prices ever went up to Rp 140,000 to 150,000 per kilogram? Now if [beef] is sold at Rp 115,000 to 120,000 per kilogram, isn't that mean [the price] is lower?" Amran said after conducting field inspection at the Santa Market on Thursday, June 29, 2016.
Although the price did not go as low as the government had expected, which is Rp 80,000, Amran asserted that what is important is prices had lowered.
Amran said that the government will continue to organize market operations until beef prices can be lowered to Rp. 80,000 per kilogram.
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