Trade talks intended to boost ties between Indonesia and Australia have wound up in Jakarta with no breakthrough on key issues.

Indonesia's trade minister Gita Wiryawan is standing firm on plans for a radical cut to cattle imports from Australia this year.

Australia's Trade Minister Craig Emerson and the head of the National Farmers Federation met Mr Gita in Jakarta to discuss ways to improve the cattle trade.

This year Indonesia slashed planned import quotas by about half, and local meat processors say beef prices have risen by 15 per cent as a result.

Mr Gita says there are no plans to raise the overall limit on imports.

Instead, he wants Australian industry to focus on investing in Indonesia.

The Australian Government will spend $20 million in aid over the next six years to help small Indonesian cattle farmers boost their productivity.

Indonesia has also been angered by Federal Government plans to make it a crime to import illegally logged timber.

Mr Emerson says Parliament will not consider the legislation until May and detailed regulations need not come into force for two years.

Indonesia wants its national timber accreditation scheme to be used to define legal imports, but environmentalists say it is too lax and easily thwarted.