Bogor City Government Monitors Beef Prices Ahead Of Ramadan

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BOGOR - Bogor City Government, West Java continues to monitor beef prices ahead of Ramadan 1443 Hijri/2022 which has increased in the last few weeks.

Head of Domestic Trade Development, Consumer Protection and Trade Order of the Bogor City Cooperative, SME, Trade and Industry Office, Mohamad Soleh said the price of meat is determined by market mechanisms.

"The high number of requests ahead of Ramadan has made prices also go up," said Soleh as quoted by Antara, Thursday, March 31.

According to daily monitoring data from the Bogor City Cooperative, SME, Trade and Industry Office (DiskopUMKMdagin), he said, in the last few weeks the price of beef was stable at Rp. 135,000.

According to ANTARA's observations at Pasar Anyar, Bogor, the price of beef on the 2nd day of Ramadan has increased again by Rp. 5,000 per day from Rp. 135,000 to Rp. 140,000.

One of the traders, Tisna, said that in Pasar Anyar there is still sufficient stock available from the government-owned Bubulak slaughterhouse (RPH).

However, the price has gone up so he sells beef has also started to rise. Typical meat is priced at Rp. 145,000, rendang meat at Rp. 140,000, stew meat at Rp. 135,000, ribs at Rp. 125,000 and ribs at Rp. 90,000.

Tisna stated that the price of meat would still increase until D-1 Ramadhan.

"Certainly, tomorrow D-1 the price of Rp. 150,000 can be up to Rp. 160,000," said Tisna.

Likewise other traders, Jaelani said the average price of meat has reached Rp. 140,000 for rendang meat, which is the most sought after by residents.

However, he said, price increases usually don't last long, because during Eid, most people start thinking about taking a vacation.

"Later, Eid will come down again, because it's a holiday," he said.