Checking Prices At Kramat Jati Market, Trade Minister Zulhas: Chili Rising, Today Is IDR 100,000 Per Kg

Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan checked the price of chili at the Kramat Jati Main Market. Photo: (Mery Handayani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan checked the prices and availability of a number of commodities at Kramat Jati Market, East Jakarta. He said, there was an increase in prices for chili commodities, and the price even reached Rp. 100,000 per kilogram (Kg).

Earlier we saw a lot, lots of chickens, lots of eggs, lots of rice, lots of oil, lots of flour, lots of sugar. Indeed, there are those whose prices go up, chilies. Yesterday, said the mother, there was Rp. 70,000 per kilogram (kg) but today there is Rp. 100,000, there is Rp. 90,000," he said at Kramat Jati Market, East Jakarta, Friday, March 15.

Although the price tends to rise, the man who is familiarly called Zulhas explained that the supply is abundant.

"But the goods (cabai) are (on the market)," he said.

Zulhas also explained the cause of the increase in chili prices. He said the weather factor was one of the influencing factors.

"Caye, if it rains like this, the harvest fails, if it rains heavily, the harvest fails, the chilies rot, right," he explained.

Zulhas explained, chili is a plant whose care is somewhat more difficult than others.

The reason is, if it is long dry, it requires a lot of water. Meanwhile, prolonged rain actually makes crop failure.

"So chili is difficult, if it's long dry, it's difficult, it needs a lot of water. If it rains it doesn't stop, it also fails the harvest," he said.