Chili Rawit Spicy Arrives At The Wallet, In Probolinggo Market The Price Breaks IDR 85,000 Per Kilogram

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JAKARTA - The price of cayenne pepper in a number of traditional markets in Probolinggo City, East Java, has soared. Early last week the price still touched IDR 55 thousand per kilogram.

But this week, the raw material for the chili sauce has reached Rp. 85 thousand per kilogram. "The price of cayenne pepper is still expensive at Rp. 85 thousand per kilogram due to limited supply," said a vegetable trader named Husna at Pasar Baru Kota Probolinggo as quoted by Antara, Friday, February 19.

In January 2021, the price of chilies will be in the range of Rp. 80 thousand to Rp. 100 thousand per kilogram. Husna admitted that he and the traders did not dare to take large quantities of chilies from middlemen for fear of rot if they are stored for too long or they do not sell well in the market.

Husna said that the rawit sret chilies he sells are pure and there is no green chili mixture, so the price of chilies reaches Rp. 85 thousand per kilogram. To outsmart, Husna mengku, there are traders who mix it with green chilies.

"Actually, the price of chilies today has begun to fall to Rp. 85 thousand because previously it had reached Rp. 90 thousand per kilogram. Meanwhile, green chilies cost Rp. 45 thousand per kilogram," he said.

The price of cayenne pepper in three traditional markets in Probolinggo City is also different this Friday. In Pasar Baru the price was Rp. 85 thousand per kilogram, at Pasar Wonoasih it decreased from Rp. 80 thousand to Rp. 70 thousand per kilogram, while in Pasar Kronong it was Rp. 80 thousand per kilogram.

Meanwhile, Head of the Office of Cooperatives, Micro Enterprises, Industry and Trade (DKUPP), Fitriawati, said that the Food Task Force team had carried out unannounced inspections regarding the significant increase in chili prices over the past week.

"The results of the sudden inspection show that the stock of chilies from outside has decreased and the production of many farmers has failed to harvest, which is one of the causes of the high price of chilies in the traditional markets of Probolinggo City," he said.

He said that his party also ensures that there is no hoarding of chilies related to the increase in commodity prices and the high price of chilies because it is triggered by limited stocks from several regions that usually send to the City of Probolinggo.

Based on data on the price of staple foods in Pasar Baru, the price of large red chilies is recorded at IDR 40 thousand per kilogram, rice prices ranging from IDR 10 thousand to IDR 12 thousand per kilogram, chicken eggs price IDR 24 thousand per kilogram, and sugar prices IDR 12 thousand per kilogram.