National Food Agency Calls Food Prices As Of Saturday Fluctuating, Cayenne Pepper Touches IDR 40,030 Per Kg
JAKARTA - The price of a number of food commodities generally fluctuates as of Saturday according to data from the National Food Agency (Bapanas).
Chicken meat, broiler eggs and wheat flour fell, while angry cayenne pepper rose to Rp40,030 per kilogram (kg).
Quoted from ANTARA, Saturday, December 14, based on data from the Badanas Price Panel at 09.00 WIB, in general food prices at the retail level nationally, premium rice rose 0.39 percent or Rp60 to Rp15,440 per kg. Medium rice also rose 0.15 percent or Rp20 to Rp13,480 per kg; while rice supply stability and food prices (SPHP) Bulog was stable at a price of Rp12,510 per kg.
Next onion rose 0.57 percent or Rp230 to Rp40,350 per kg; then garlic also rose 0.40 percent or Rp170 to Rp42,440 per kg.
Next, the price of curly red chili rose 0.39 percent or Rp130 to Rp33,120 per kg; then red cayenne pepper also rose 0.13 percent or Rp50 to Rp40,030 per kg.
Furthermore, the price of pure beef rose 0.53 percent or Rp710 to Rp135,690 per kg; while pure beef decreased 0.41 percent or Rp150 to Rp36,380 per kg; as well as broiler eggs decreased 0.20 percent or Rp60 to Rp29,450 per kg.
The price of dried soybeans (imports) was observed to fall 0.48 or Rp50 to Rp10,400 per kg; while consumption sugar rose 0.56 percent or Rp100 to Rp18,030 per kg.
Simple packaged cooking oil rose 0.27 percent or Rp50 to Rp18,670 per kg; while bulk cooking oil fell 0.92 percent or Rp160 to Rp17,240 per kg.
Then, bulk wheat flour fell 0.49 percent or Rp40 to Rp10,070 per kg; non-mass wheat flour also fell 0.46 percent or Rp60 to Rp13,020 per kg.
The price of corn at the farmer level rose 2.14 percent or Rp130 to Rp6,200 per kg; while the price of fine salt with sodium rose 0.60 percent or Rp70 to Rp11,650 per kg.
Next, the price of convex fish was observed to increase by 1.26 percent or Rp470 to Rp37,840 per kg; while tuna tuna is stable at a price of Rp31,200 per kg; then milkfish decrease by 0.57 percent or Rp190 to Rp33,250 per kg.