Until July 2022, Pupuk Indonesia Distributed 309,000 Tons Of Urea And NPK Fertilizers

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JAKARTA - Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) from January to July 2022 distributed 309,100 tons of subsidized fertilizer in Lampung Province.

"The fertilizers that have been distributed are urea fertilizer of 179,701 tons or 134 percent of the January to July 2022 allocation, and 129,399 tons of NPK or 128 percent of the January to July 2022 allocation," said VP Sales Region 2 Pupuk Indonesia, Jambak as quoted by ANTARA. , Wednesday, July 20.

He said that his party always distributes subsidized fertilizers in accordance with government regulations.

Based on the Decree (SK) of the Department of Agriculture, the allocation of subsidized fertilizer in Lampung Province is set at 234,782 tons.

The details are 133,713 tons of urea fertilizer and 101,069 tons of NPK.

The stock of subsidized urea and NPK fertilizers in Lampung Province reached 48,374 tons as of July 18, 2022, with details of 29,360 tons of urea and 19,014 tons of NPK. The stock is spread in buffer warehouses, distributors, to official kiosks.

"We distribute the subsidized fertilizer to eligible farmers, namely farmers who are registered and meet the requirements as recipients of subsidized fertilizer," said Jambak.

Based on the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture (Permentan) No. 10/2022, he continued, the provisions for obtaining subsidized fertilizers are that farmers must join a farmer group, work on a maximum of two hectares of land, be registered in the Agricultural Extension Management Information System (Simluhtan), and for certain areas use Farmer's Card.

He explained that based on the government regulation, there were also nine types of agricultural commodities that received subsidized fertilizers, starting from rice, corn, soybeans, chili, shallots, garlic, sugar cane, cocoa, and coffee. These nine commodities are strategic food crops that have an impact on inflation.

As a producer that receives a mandate from the government to carry out the distribution and distribution of subsidized fertilizer, Pupuk Indonesia has instructed its distributors and authorized kiosks to always follow government regulations in the distribution of subsidized fertilizer.

"The official kiosks of Pupuk Indonesia will of course distribute subsidized fertilizers in accordance with these provisions," he said.