Expected increase in feed production in Indonesia in 2002
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Last Update: 2002-02-21
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Introduction: International Agriculture online Feb 19 Indonesia's mixed feed production is expected to increase to 5.75 million tons in 2002, from 5 million tons in 2001, due to an expected increase in consumption, a senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture said Monday "Feed production is expected to reach 5.75 million tons this year in order to meet demand growth," said Sofyan sudardjat, agriculture director of the Ministry of agriculture Indonesia's feed production reached a minimum of 2.6 million tons in 1998, compared with a record high of 6.5 million tons in 1997 before the country's economic crisis The domestic mixed feed industry is seriously affected by the decline of meat demand and the substantial growth of imported feed Imported feed accounts for 50% - 60% of Indonesian animal feed He said the increase in feed production meant that imports of raw materials such as corn, soybean meal, fish meal and meat and bone meal would increase because domestic production could not meet demand "But we still expect feed producers to use domestically produced raw materials as much as possible to avoid dependence on imports," he said He claims that Indonesia's mixed feed industry imported 1 million tons of corn and 1.34 million tons of soybean meal in 2001 Imports of meat and bone meal reached 311575 tons, or 78% of the country's total consumption of 400000 tons.
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