JAKARTA - Most people have questioned and complained about the gradual increase in rice prices. President Joko Widodo was tired of being asked the same thing continuously, so he asked the public to directly check the price of rice on the market themselves.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo estimates that the price of rice in the market will fall ahead of the main harvest in the next month. Before leaving for a working visit to Australia, Jokowi gave his statement that the national rice stock was sufficient to welcome Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr 2024. Even the number 1 person asked the public to check the price of rice to the Cipinang Rice Main Market and the Johar Karawang Rice Market.
Jokowi claimed that in both markets the price of rice began to fall, although it did not have a major national impact. The Ministry of Agriculture said that the potential production of rice from the main harvest will take place from March to April and reach 8.46 million tons. The President Director of Perum Bulog Bayu Krisnamurthi, asked the public not to worry, because the price of premium rice that has reached 17 thousand rupiahs has begun to fall gradually to the range of 14 thousand rupiahs.
Likewise with medium rice whose price is also stable again, because Central Java is starting to enter the main harvest season. Bayu also explained that the fluctuation in rice prices has indeed become an annual cycle, as happened in the middle of last year. Watch the video below.
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