Wamenan: National Food Stock Safe Ahead Of Eid Al-Adha 2025

Deputy Minister of Agriculture (Wamentan) Sudaryono. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Agriculture (Wamentan) Sudaryono ensured that national food stocks and prices were in a safe and controlled condition, both at the producer and consumer levels, ahead of Eid al-Adha 2025.

The Deputy Minister said that currently the national food stock such as chicken eggs and broiler meat is at a controlled level, so it benefits producers as well as consumers.

"All prices are under control, the price of eggs, the price of chickens we control all," said Wamenan when met on the sidelines of a working visit, at the Industrial Plant and Refresh Testing and Testing Center, Sukabumi, West Java, quoted by Antara, Saturday, May 10.

The Deputy Minister admitted that there had been a decline in the price of chickens, but the government moved quickly to increase prices fairly so that producers would still benefit and consumers would still feel comfortable meeting their food needs.

"Yesterday we fell, we increased it slightly, became a happy producer, consumers were also happy," said the Deputy Minister.

The Deputy Minister emphasized that if the government manages to maintain food availability during Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr 2025, then in other periods throughout the year there should also be no problems in distribution or food availability.

"If the Eid al-Fitr (Idul Fitri 2025) is the same in fasting (Ramadan) is done, we should have no problem in the Eid al-Adha period," he also said.

Even so, the Deputy Minister did not explain in detail the current condition of food prices. It's just that he ensures that stocks and prices are controlled both at the producer and consumer levels.

Based on data from the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Price Panel reported in Jakarta, Friday, May 9, at 06.52 WIB, the price of broiler meat at the consumer level reached Rp36,038 per kilogram (kg) compared to the previous day of Rp34,670 per kg.

Then, red cayenne pepper rose to Rp65,000 per kg from the previous Rp56,755 per kg; curly red chilies Rp60,364 per kg, up slightly from the previous Rp52,689 per kg; then large red chilies Rp55,625 per kg, up from the previous day Rp46,955 per kg.

Next onion is priced at IDR 39,750 per kg, down from the previous IDR 40,504 per kg; garlic is priced at IDR 43,915 per kg, up from the previous day it was recorded at IDR 43,174 per kg.

Premium rice at a price of Rp. 15,792 per kg, slightly increased from the previous price of Rp. 15,563 per kg; medium rice Rp. 13,744 per kg, slightly increased from the previous day's Rp. 13,715 per kg; then rice Stabilization of Bulog's Supply and Food Price (SPHP) at a price of Rp. 12,400 per kg, slightly decreased from the previous Rp. 12,618 per kg.

Badanas also noted that pure beef commodities were priced at Rp. 131,111 per kg, down from the previous record of Rp. 135,583 per kg; chicken eggs were Rp. 29,327 per kg, up slightly from the previous Rp29,130 per kg.

Sugar consumption at a price of Rp. 18,271 per kg, slightly decreased from the previous record of Rp. 18,540 per kg.

Packaged cooking oil at a price of Rp. 19,042 per liter, up from the previous Rp. 20,781 per liter; bulk cooking oil at a price of Rp. 16,819 per liter, down from the previous record of Rp. 17,831 per liter; Oilita at a price of Rp. 17,092 per liter, decreased from the previous level of Rp. 17,617 per liter.

Furthermore, bulk flour at a price of Rp. 9,450 per kg or decreased slightly from the previous record of Rp. 9,805 per kg; then packaged flour at a price of Rp. 12,341 per kg or a slight increase from the previous record of Rp. 12,976 per kg.