Continue The Subsidy For Degree Prices Of Rp. 1,000 Per Kg Until The End Of The Year, Mendag Zulhas Will Make The Requirement Easy

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JAKARTA - Menteri Perdagangan (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan mengaku sedang mengusulkan agar syarat bantuan selisih harga soybean dipercepat. Apalagi, hingga saat ini realisasi bantuan tersebut baru mencapai 20 persen.

"Just using 10-20 percent. So I propose to make it easier. The conditions are to get Rp1,000, don't let people have this, have this. Just a price subsidy, I'll suggest it again," he told reporters, at the Ministry of Trade Office, Tuesday, October 11. Furthermore, Zulhas as Pledge Zulkifli Hasan said that the government would continue to provide Rp1,000 per kg price difference until the end of this year. "If there is a high price, we will subsidize Rp1,000 per kilogram. The price difference is still valid until December," he said.

For your information, this subsidy assistance with the difference in soy prices is provided to maintain soy price stability at the craftsman level. With this assistance, it can help craftsmen tofu tempa to get soybeans at affordable prices.

As previously reported, the Secretary of Kopti Lampung M Darja supported the steps taken by the Ministry of Trade regarding the simplification of the provision of subsidies for soy prices. Darja admitted that there are indeed many craftsmen who have difficulty in managing and the process of getting the subsidy, so many hope that it can be simplified immediately. "Hopefully with this subsidy, tempe craftsmen will know that they can continue to produce and get affordable soybean prices because now the price has reached Rp. 13,000 per kilogram with an easy process," said Darja.