JAKARTA - Deputy for Food Availability and Stabilization of the National Food Agency (Bapanas), I Gusti Ketut Astawa, said the importance of adjusting the Highest Retail Price (HET) of rice to ensure sustainable production at the rice milling level.
He explained that the price of harvested dry unhulled rice (GKP) which is currently relatively high has made it difficult for milling business actors to produce rice according to HET of IDR 12,500 per kilogram. It is feared that this condition will reduce the supply of rice in the market if it is not anticipated immediately.
"So this is a short road (making HET adjustments), because if adjustments are not made, our rice milling friends don't dare to produce because the price is too high, our GKP. Well, it will be difficult for him to produce, produce rice with a position of Rp12,500," explained Ketut when met at the Ombudsman Office. RI, Jakarta, Tuesday, August 26.
Furthermore, said Ketut, the government will immediately gather all stakeholders to discuss a more stable and just rice price policy. This is in accordance with the direction of the Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs.
"Therefore, later after this we will gather with relevant stakeholders to think about it as a direction from the Coordinating Minister (Pangan) as well as how we will make a policy of one rice price later," he said.
Even so, the HET adjustment rules that have just been released by Badanas remain in effect as long as there is no single price of rice. "In principle, it has taken effect (the decision of the Head of Badanas regarding HET adjustments)," said Ketut.
The one-price rice scheme is expected to provide certainty for farmers, millers, and consumers, as well as maintain national food stability.
The government through the National Food Agency has adjusted the HET of medium and premium rice. This provision is contained in the Decree of the Head of Bapanas Number 299 of 2025 which was signed on August 22, 2025.
In the regulation, it is explained that the HET adjustment was made because the highest retail price of rice at the consumer level was deemed not in accordance with the current development of the production and distribution cost structure.
"That the highest retail price of rice at the consumer level is no longer in accordance with the current development of the production and distribution cost structure, so that in order to maintain the stabilization of the supply and price of rice, it is necessary to evaluate the highest retail price of rice," said Head of Badanas Arief Prasetyo Adi in the decision.
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The details of the HET of medium and premium rice are divided according to the region, namely Java, Lampung, South Sumatra, Bali, NTB, and Sulawesi for medium rice of IDR 13,500 per kilogram (kg) and premium IDR 14,900 per kg.
Then, Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Bengkulu, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, Bangka Belitung Islands, NTT, and Kalimantan HET medium rice are set at IDR 14,000 per kg, and premium IDR 15,400 per kg.
Meanwhile, HET for the Maluku and Papua regions for the medium rice category is IDR 15,500 per kg, while the premium is IDR 15,800 per kg. With this adjustment, the government hopes that rice distribution will continue to run smoothly, prices will be more controlled, and people's purchasing power will be maintained.
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