Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

Abstrak

The Impact Of Imported Beef Boxed To Feedlot Business Development In Indonesia

In Indonesia, Total Populations Of Beef Cattle Comprise Around 11.8 Millions Head. Generally, The Cattle Are Kept By Small Holder Business Feedlot And Only Few Of Them Are Raised By Feedlot Companies. The Main Problems Are Breed Quality, The Feedlots Are Small Size And Low Feed Quality (Roughage And Concentrate). Production Performance Indicated That Average Daily Gain Reached 0.5-0.9 Kg/Day/Head In Small Holder Farms And 1.2-1.5 Kg/Day/Head In Feedlot Companies. During Several Years, Indonesian Beef Farmers Were Interested To Run Crossbreeding (Simmental And Limousine Cross With Local Cattle) And Crossing With Ongole Cross (Local Breed), In Order To Achieve Better Performance. According The Meat And Livestock Australia Report (2009), Live Cattle And Carcass Export To Indonesia Grew Up Rapidly During The Last Four Years. In 2007-08 The Live Cattle To Indonesia Counted 547,000 Heads, While In 2006-07 Was Of 452,000 Heads, Carcass Export Reached 46,100 Tones In 2007-08 Increasing Thus Twice From 28,000 Tones In 2006-07. Whole Value Of Live Cattle Traded Export To Indonesia Reached Around Us $ 341 Million During 2007-08, Compared To Last Year-only Us $ 99 Millions. This Was The Third Market Level After Usa And Japan Markets, And Was Developed Very Rapidly. It Is Predicted To Increase Around 12% In 2009, And To Keep Increasing In The Next Few Years. Actually There Is Disparity Beef Price In Indonesia Between Local And Imported Beef. Thus The Retail Price For Australia Beef Is Only Rp. 42,500/Kg (Around Us $ 4.00), Compared To Local Beef, Around Rp. 55,000/Kg Or Us $ 5.00. It Will Be Impact To Australia Beef Cattle Breeders Which Sold The Heavy Cattle Directly To Slaughter House. On The Other Side, This Disparity Has Impact To Short Time On The Beef Price In Indonesia And Will Have Negative Impact On The Small Scale Farmers And Feedlot Companies, Because The Production Cost Will Not Covered By Beef Market Price. Therefore, If Beef Imports From Australia Will Be Continued Over Long Term, The Feedlot Business Companies In Indonesia Will Be Collapsed. In Anticipation For Long Term, Australia Should Export The Feeder Cattle (Steer Or Heifer) To Indonesia At Competitive Price. The Price Disparity Between Australia Imported Boxed Beef And Indonesian Beef Has Distorted The Local Beef Market Price And Influenced The Feedlot Industries In Indonesia, Decreasing Also The Price Of The Live Cattle Imported From Australia. This Condition Is Not Conducive To The Cattle Farmers In North Area In Australia And Feedlot Business In Indonesia.