Bulog Aceh Gets 6,600 Tons Of Imported Rice Supply

Workers are monitoring the activities of unloading imported rice from Vietnam at Malahayati Port, Aceh Besar District (ANTARA/M Ifdhal)

BANDA ACEH - Perum Bulog Aceh Regional Office received an additional 6,600 tons of imported rice supply through Malahayati Port in Aceh Besar District in an effort to meet food needs in the local province.

"Imported rice currently in the unloading process at the Malahayati Port will be used to meet food needs such as food distribution programs and SPHP as well as low-cost markets in order to stabilize food prices," said Head of Perum Bulog Aceh Regional Office Mukhammad Agung Aulia, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, October 11.

On the sidelines of directly reviewing the loading and unloading process of imported rice, he explained that with the entry of the rice, the supply of rice in Bulog's warehouse was sufficient to meet the food needs in the province at the westernmost end of Indonesia. The total rice supply in Bulog's warehouse is currently 45 thousand tons with the need for food assistance of around 5 thousand tons per month.

Until now, the amount of imported rice that has been received by Perum Bulog Aceh through two ports, namely Malahayati, Aceh Besar, and Krueng Geukueh Port, is 56 thousand tons.

He said that until December 2023 the estimated Aceh Bulog would get around 26 thousand tons of imported rice so that the total that Aceh would receive would be around 88 thousand tons more.

"People don't need to worry about the availability of food, especially rice, because the supply of rice in Bulog's warehouse is sufficient to meet the needs of the people in the market," he said.

His party will continue to purchase grain belonging to farmers through these company partners to meet the needs of rice at the state-owned company.