Indonesia today reassured India that it would soon try to remove the bottlenecks for opening up its market in a bigger way to Indian bovine meat.
India, a major exporter of buffalo meat, has been trying to gain access to Indonesian market since 1999. However, the South East Asian country was not allowing imports citing Foot and Mouth Disease and has partially opened up its market to India only recently.
At a meeting held today between Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and a 15-member Indonesian MP delegation led by Ahmed Mujhani, bovine meat trade and various agriculture related issues were discussed here.
"On the occasion, the head of Indonesia's delegation, Ahmed Mujhani, said they will try soon to remove the bottlenecks faced by India in exporting bovine meat," the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement.
In the meeting, Singh said the two countries have limitless possibilities to work in the agriculture sector and the bilateral relation has a broad vision.
In March this year, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo signed a decree allowing 'zone-based' meat imports after its audit team confirmed that India has excellent mechanism of meat processing and quarantine control.
In September 2015, the audit team from Indonesia had inspected abattoirs and research institutions in India. The team observed that India has more than 50 slaughterhouses which are above international standards.
India has a track record of 46 years in the export of de-boned and de-glanded frozen buffalo meat to 64 countries worldwide. Meat exported from India is prepared strictly in compliance with Islamic requirements and is genuinely Halal.
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