W.IMA.2201 - LEP CMA - Indonesia

Summary

The FY21/22 AIP for Indonesia outlines projects to
- provide market insights to stakeholders
- deliver projects to support ESCAS and LGAP (when it is introduced and implemented in the market), and
- promote animal welfare improvement in-market and market development initiatives for locally processed fresh Australian beef.

The effective and timely implementation of these projects would be critical towards delivering the AIP goals.

Objectives

The Livestock Services Manager's role in Indonesia is to develop and implement strategies in Indonesia that support market growth, productivity improvements, and sustainability of the livestock export trade.

With Indonesia being the biggest cattle importer from Australia for more than four decades, and the turmoil in the trade relationship between Indonesia and Australia in the past 10 years since ESCAS was implemented, it is crucial that LEP Indonesia maintain the market access strategies in coordination with Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia Ministries, GAPUSPINDO (Indonesia Feedloters Association), IA-RMCP (Indonesia-Australia Red Meat & Cattle Partnership), and other related institutions/organisations.

· LEP Indonesia plays a key role in bridging and facilitating the communication between Indonesia and Australian industry, providing valuable market insight to stakeholders, deliver in-markets projects and activities that fall under the AIP and AOP, and the Red Meat 2030 goals.

· The project will cover Livestock Services Manager (LSM)- Indonesia operational cost, facilitation for meetings, webinars, market intelligence, projects delivery and other activities related to the AIP and LSM roles and responsibilities.

Key findings

Livestock Export Program (LEP) in Indonesia has delivered R&D projects before the ESCAS is implemented, to assist Indonesia feedlotters and abattoirs in managing, handling and processing Australian live cattle. Since the 2011 trade ban, LEP is more focused on animal health and welfare, ESCAS implementation and market access. After a decade of ESCAS, with the massive improvement in Indonesia animal welfare standards, especially in Australian cattle supply chain, LEP has broaden the focus to assist in projects such as breeders, feedlot performance, coaching and mentorship for Animal Welfare Officers (AWO) and capacity building for supply chain workers, from exporter’s in-market staff to abattoir workers.

Benefits to industry

• Maintaining a network of key industry and government relationships across the country, with the aim of positioning Australia favourably, through communication of its animal health and integrity systems and by collection of market intelligence and industry insights.

• Monitoring market access conditions and developing mitigation strategies to reduce trade barriers and to defend existing favourable conditions.

• Identifying strategies to mitigate animal welfare risks and implement adoption of best practice welfare systems and innovations.

• Developing strategies to improve livestock productivity and supply chain efficiencies to improve Australian trade competitiveness.

MLA action

Provide further market insights to stakeholders.

Future research

In the pursue of Beef Self Sufficiency Goal 2026 and Indonesia plan to become SEA Food Barn in 2045, it is important for LEP to maintain and broaden the market access strategies in coordination with stakeholders and industry representatives. Both Indonesia and Australia value the decades of cattle trade, but with more challenging situations of supply and demand, both countries are looking and testing for alternative mark