date:Sep 11, 2013
imports dearer.
If the slower shipments continue, imports will fall short of previous industry and government forecasts for a volume of around 1.9 million tonnes for the full year, similar to 2012.
As a nation of 240 million people where about half the population lives on less than $2 per day, Indonesia has scrapped many of its ambitious 2014 self-sufficiency targets for staple foods this year.
Although Indonesian soybean imports are small compared to the world's top buyer China, demand is li