Guaranteeing Safe Bupok Stock Ahead Of Christmas And New Year, Trade Minister Zulhas Asks The Public Not To Be Worried

Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan when checking the prices and availability of bapok at Rasamala Market, Semarang, Central Java. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of Trade)

JAKARTA - Minister of Trade (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan guarantees that the stock of basic necessities (bapok) ahead of Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023 (Nataru), is safe. Therefore, he asked the public not to worry. Furthermore, he also said that the Ministry of Trade will continue to monitor the development of bapok stocks throughout Indonesia. This statement was made by the Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan when checking the prices and availability of bapok at Rasamala Market, Semarang, Central Java. "We came here to directly check the price and availability of bapok. The stock of bapok ahead of Nataru is guaranteed to be sufficient, the public does not need to worry," he said in an official statement, Friday, December 2. Zulhas as Zulkifli Hasan's nickname explained, the price of onions, curly red chilies, and tempeh was monitored to be stable. The commodity of chicken meat fell compared to last week to IDR 32,000 per kg from IDR 35,000 per kg. "Bulog rice is also guaranteed to always be there at a price of IDR 9,450 per kg," he said.

Based on observations, said Zulhas, there are commodities with stable prices such as sugar Rp. 13,500 per kg, Oil Rp. 14,000 per liter, packaged cooking oil Rp. 18,000 per liter, and beef Rp. 140,000 per kg. Then, chicken meat Rp. 32,000 per kg, shallots Rp. 33,000 per kg, and garlic Rp. 25,000 per kg. Meanwhile, several commodities whose prices have increased, namely broiler eggs Rp. 30,000 per kg, which was previously Rp. 28,000 per kg, curly red chilies Rp. 30,000 per kg from Rp. 25,000 per kg, red cayenne pepper Rp. 45,000 per kg from Rp. 35,000 kg, and bulk cooking oil Rp. 14,400 per liter from Rp. 13,500 per liter. "Although there are several commodities whose prices have increased, in terms of year on year (yoy) November, it fell to 5.42 percent from the previous 5.72 percent last October," he said. In addition, Zulhas said, food inflation volatile in November deflation 0.22 percent continued the deflation trend last October of 1.62 percent.