BANDUNG - The availability of food and basic commodities in West Java during Ramadan and Lebaran 1446 Hijri is confirmed to be sufficient. Even the West Java Provincial Government (Pemprov) said the stock had a surplus.
Head of the Communication and Information Office of West Java Province Adi Komar in Bandung, Sunday, said that it was sufficient and even the surplus of food and basic commodities in West Java was seen in the West Java Province food balance, from 12 strategic food commodities, which were almost entirely in surplus.
Of the 12 strategic commodities, only three commodities had experienced a deficit, namely beef or buffalo, garlic, and cooking oil.
"However, because the deficit is relatively low, it can be fulfilled from other sources until it finally has a surplus," said Adi.
Adi explained that beef, for example, has a deficit of 3 tons, garlic has a deficit of 9 tons, and cooking oil has a deficit of 44 tons.
"However, these shortcomings can be met by bringing in commodities sourced from imports and from outside West Java Province," he said.
The food balance is an illustration of the conditions for meeting the needs and availability of food in West Java. Food balance data is obtained from districts/cities every the following 15 months.
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The 12 strategic food commodities are shallots, garlic, rice, large chilies, cayenne pepper, and broiler meat. In addition, beef/cash, sugar, corn, soybeans, cooking oil, and broiler eggs.
From data from the West Java Food Balance in February 2025, the 12 strategic food commodities were in a surplus of between 1 to 87 tons, except for rice and corn which had a surplus of 500 thousand tons.
For the development of strategic food prices, he said, it is relatively stable, some have even dropped. However, there are several commodities that have experienced a relatively high increase when compared to the Government Purchase Price (HPP).
The commodities that experienced an increase were curly red chilies of more than 58 percent, and red cayenne peppers of more than 100 percent.
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