Traders claimed rice stocks at the Cipinang Market, East Jakarta, abundant and can be sufficient demand during Ramadan 2018. But traders have not been able to ascertain whether the supplies would be adequate for the next few months.
My report if to get enough, but for the Idul Fitri holiday after the Idul Fitri holiday baseball jamin, "said the Chairman of the Cooperative Market Cipinang Rice (PIBC).
Earlier, the Governor of DKI Jakarta Sandiaga Uno had visited Cipinang Rice Warehouse to check people's main supply of foodstuffs that Indonesia secured facing the fasting month later.
There, Sandi found the amount of rice stocks available to 42,116 tons. If converted in dollars, the value of total rice that is in the Cipinang Rice Warehouse touched around Rp 120 billion.
In addition, there is also a stock of rice in Modern market valued at Rp 50 billion, and in the PD Pasar Jaya at Rp 30 billion to Rp 40 billion.
Although abundant, Zulkifli said, the number of local dinilainya the rice stocks are still less to supply after Ramasan But, the Government already anticipate with the incurred rice imports.
If local rice stocks it is there, but I think less. But kan we had rice stocks abroad, which he said there are 1.2 million tons.
The Government Import Rice Again 500 Thousand Tons to this July
Workers lowered the sacks of rice on the market of rice Stem Cipinang, Jakarta. Wagub Sandiaga Uno told the provincial Government of DKI will always buy rice Sulawesi and Banten as more prioritizing rice from farmers.
The Ministry of trade (Kemendag) said the Government's rice import permit issuing back as many as 500 thousand tons to Perum Bulog. Later, the import permit will be restricted until this July.
There is already a. So already we launch until July. It's up to Bulog, but the point is that we give to their country of origin (Bulog). There Are Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, India. The overall total of 500 thousand. says the Director General of foreign trade Kemendag Ok Nurwan on May 15, 2018.
Anyway I've been running my tasks by giving approval to import 500 (thousand tonnes).
Okay says, justifying them as form of Government's efforts to lower the price of rice in the last increase for some time.
Because it takes. The domestic supply and prices are still high.
For your information, at the beginning of 2018, the Government has decided to import rice from Viet Nam and Thailand as much as 500 thousand tons. With the addition of this, then the total Government-issued rice imports reached 1 million tons.