PALEMBANG - The price of ground snakehead fish as the main raw material for pempek in Palembang, South Sumatra, ahead of Eid al-Fitr has soared to Rp80,000 to Rp95,000 per kilogram in recent days. Initial price per kilogram approx.
IDR 50,000-Rp 60,000.
The owner of Pempek Sodop on Jalan Bidar, POM IX Palembang Campus, Fakhlani estimates, the price of ground snakehead fish could rise again in line with the surge in demand for pempek for Eid dishes.
According to him, the price of snakehead fish has soared because the residents of this city need a lot of the main raw materials for making pempek.
This condition is quite difficult for producers because in addition to having to incur larger production costs, they also have to go around a number of markets to get large quantities of snakehead fish.
The same thing was also expressed by a fish trader at the Sekip Ujung traditional market, Suwandi. Suwandi said the price of snakehead fish has now soared to Rp95,000 per kilogram.
The current soaring price of snakehead fish is influenced by quite high demand while supply remains constant.
"The supply of fish from a number of areas around Palembang to this market cannot keep up with the high demand, this condition has pushed the price of the raw material for pempek to soar," he said.
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