Food Stock In Gunung Kidul Ahead Of Lebaran Safe

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GUNUNG KIDUL - The Government of Gunung Kidul Regency, Special Region of Yogyakarta, has guaranteed that food stocks ahead of Eid al-Fitr 1443 Hijriah are safe, and sufficient to meet the needs of the community, although there are some commodities whose prices have increased.

Gunung Kidul Regent Sunaryanta in Gunung Kidul, Thursday, April 21, said that based on monitoring results, there are some food needs that have experienced an increase in prices, but not too significantly, around 2-3 percent.

"The food stock is sufficient, the price does increase but it is not significant," said Regent Sunaryanta as reported by Antara.

He appealed to the public not to do wholesale actions that trigger an increase in the price of food needs. "We ask people to buy enough food so that it doesn't have an impact on price increases," he said.

Meanwhile, the Gunung Kidul Trade Office (Disdag) noted an increase in the price of a number of foodstuffs ahead of this year's Eid. The increase in prices mainly occurred in ingredients for making cakes.

"The increase mainly occurred in granulated sugar and wheat flour. For example, granulated sugar, the price is rising slowly," said Head of Distribution, Trade Sector, Disdag Gunung Kidul Sigit Haryanto. According to him, the price of granulated sugar some time ago was still in the range of Rp. kg). However, approaching Lebaran, the price slowly increases until the latest one is Rp. 15 thousand per kg. The price of wheat flour, the price increase varies depending on the type and brand of flour.

"Flour which is usually used to make cakes, where the price is now in the range of Rp. 11 thousand per kg. Other ingredients such as butter have also increased, apart from demand due to the high price of cooking oil," he said.