Calm! Bulog Ensures The Safe Stock Of Rice, Sugar And Wheat Flour In Malang Ahead Of Christmas And New Year

Members of the basic needs monitoring team look at piles of rice at the Bulog Gadang Warehouse, Malang (ANTARA)

MALANG - The Bulog Branch of Malang, East Java, has ensured that the rice stock is still sufficient and in a safe condition ahead of the 2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year holidays.

Head of Perum Bulog Malang Branch, Supriyono, said that currently, Bulog's rice stock in Malang Branch reached 12 thousand tons or sufficient for the next six months.

"The stock position is very safe, especially until the end of the year. The stock is very sufficient," he explained in Malang City, East Java, Antara, Friday, December 3.

Supriyono explained, of the total 12 thousand tons of rice, 7,500 tons of rice were the result of this year's procurement. The procurement or absorption of Bulog Malang rice is carried out in a number of areas, such as from Malang Regency.

The working area of Perum Bulog Malang Branch covers the Greater Malang area which consists of Malang City, Batu City, and Malang Regency. In addition, Bulog Malang also supplies needs for other areas such as Regencies and Pasuruan City.

He added, apart from rice, some commodities that are currently still in sufficient condition, especially to meet the needs of the community at the end of the year, are sugar and wheat flour.

"For granulated sugar and wheat flour, the stock is still sufficient. Currently, Bulog Malang has a total of five tons of sugar and flour each," he said.

Meanwhile, other basic needs in the form of cooking oil, he continued, currently Bulog Malang does not have stock. The price of cooking oil in the last few months recorded a significant increase.

"For cooking oil stock is empty," he said.

Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Malang City, the increase in cooking oil commodity prices in November 2021 was one of the factors driving inflation in Malang City, East Java, which was recorded at 0.26 percent.

The commodity of cooking oil recorded an increase of 8.81 percent and contributed to the inflation of Malang City by 0.08 percent. The public has complained about the increase in cooking oil prices in recent times.

In addition to the increase in cooking oil prices, another commodity that will increase in November 2021 is the price of chicken eggs by 14.65 percent and contributing 0.06 percent.