JAKARTA - Perum Bulog President Director Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani ensures that there is no increase in rice prices despite the increase in production costs due to the high cost of packaging plastic.
For information, the price of packaging plastic in Indonesia has increased due to the high price of global plastic seeds amid geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East.
"In accordance with the President's instructions at the palace meeting yesterday, it has been decided that there will be no increase in food prices, including rice prices," he said at a press conference at the Perum Bulog Office, Jakarta, Monday, April 13.
Even so, Rizal admitted that the increase in plastic prices was one of the issues in all industries including rice. Therefore, he admitted that he had asked the Ministry of Industry for a price reduction for raw materials.
Furthermore, Rizal said that this step was taken so that the increase in costs would not be passed on to the selling price at the consumer level.
"We have also met the board of directors, the HPS (Estimated Price) is adjusted to the current conditions, but at a price that is really suppressed so that the cost is not too high," said Rizal.
On this occasion, Rizal also revealed the achievement of the absorption of the price of rice which continues to increase. As of April 13, 2026, the realization of absorption reached 48 percent or around 1.9 million rice equivalent from the target this year. Meanwhile, Bulog rice stocks currently reach 4.727 million tons.
Rizal said that the achievement was supported by the harvest conditions which were still ongoing in a number of areas. He said, Bulog would use this momentum to strengthen the national rice reserves.
"Our prediction in the near future, a week or even 10 days ahead, will reach 5 million tons of Bulog rice stocks in Bulog warehouses," he said.
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