# Indonesia considers importing cows from Mexico - ANTARA News

> Indonesia's agriculture ministry says private importers and a local government are negotiating to bring in up to 400,000 head of cattle from Mexico. The country already imports about 700,000 head, mostly from Australia.

- Date: 2016-11-23 · published 2016-11-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73802-indonesia-considers-importing-cows-from-mexico-antara-news
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Additional cattle imports could ease Indonesian beef prices, with limited direct effect on global feed demand but some impact on Australian live export volumes.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-10-16 | [Live export cattle prices slide as Indonesia ramps up imports of boxed meat - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33566-live-export-cattle-prices-slide-as-indonesia-ramps-up-imports-of-boxed-meat-abc.md) | +0.2% | -2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-01 | [Economists don’t expect reopening the US to Mexican cattle imports to reduce high beef prices \| News \| palestineherald.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17424-economists-don-t-expect-reopening-the-us-to-mexican-cattle-imports-to-reduce.md) | -1.8% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-03-11 | [SE Asia Report: Indo, Viet imports fall (+ new Vietnamese translation!) - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48059-se-asia-report-indo-viet-imports-fall-new-vietnamese-translation-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +4.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-06-12 | [Mexico and Belize Collaborate to Enhance Sanitary Protocols for Certified Cattle Importation \| Greater Belize Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29678-mexico-and-belize-collaborate-to-enhance-sanitary-protocols-for-certified.md) | +1.8% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-05-19 | [Mexico seeks to offset screwworm impact by increasing US beef exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19200-mexico-seeks-to-offset-screwworm-impact-by-increasing-us-beef-exports.md) | -1.3% | -1.8% |

## Sources

- en.antaranews.com: https://en.antaranews.com/news/108002/indonesia-considers-importing-cows-from-mexico

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