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JAKARTA - Deputy for Food Availability and Stabilization of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) I Gusti Ketut Astawa said this price increase was due to disruption of production in the central area due to flooding.

He explained that floods occurred along Pantura in March.

As a result, 2,500 hectares (ha) of crop failure land from the affected 7,500 ha.

The areas include Brebes, Cirebon, Kendal, Demak, Grobogan, Pati, and other areas.

"The increase is due to several things, rain, limited labor, we are mitigating so that prices will return to normal in the following months," he said in a virtual discussion written Tuesday, April 23.

Previously, it was reported that the prices of several food commodities had been observed to increase, one of which was shallots. In the market in the DKI Jakarta area, the price of shallots reaches Rp80,000 per kilogram (kg).

Based on data from the National Food Agency price panel, Tuesday, April 23 at 13.00 WIB, the average national price of shallots at the retail trader level reached IDR 52,310 per kg.

Still citing the same source, the average price of shallots in DKI Jakarta Province is IDR 71,910 per kg. If detailed, the price in East Jakarta is IDR 80,000 kg; West Jakarta is IDR 80,000 per kg; North Jakarta is IDR 80,000 kg; and Thousand Islands Regency is IDR 75,000 per kg.

Then, the price of shallots in Central Jakarta is IDR 60,000 kg and South Jakarta is also monitored at IDR 60,000 per kg.

Then, the average price of shallots in West Java Province reaches IDR 57,210 per kg.

If detailed, the price in Garut Regency rose from 38,000 per kg to Rp40,000 per kg. Then, Majalengka Regency rose from Rp35,100 to Rp36,330 per kg.

Then, the price in Cirebon Regency was observed to increase from Rp. 64,000 per kg to Rp. 65,000 per kg.

Meanwhile, the price in Kuningan Regency was observed to be stable at IDR 60,000 per kg.

Meanwhile, in the province producing shallots, the price was observed to fall. For example, in Brebes Regency the price reached Rp. 35,000 per kg, down from Rp. 40,000 the previous day.

Then, in Kendal Regency, it was also observed that it fell from Rp. 60,000 to Rp. 55,000 per kg.

Meanwhile, in other areas of Central Java, which is also a stable monitoring center for shallots. Such as in Demak Regency Rp. 60,000 per kg; Pati Regency Rp. 55,000; and Grobongan Regency Rp. 40,000.