Mendag Zulhas Ensures Sufficient Wheat Stock In The Country

JAKARTA - Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasa said that the stock of wheat for domestic production is sufficient.

The stock is supplied from several countries that have had successful harvests, such as Australia, Canada and the United States.

"(The stock of wheat) is sufficient," he told reporters in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Thursday, August 11.

Currently, continued Zulkifli, access to grain from Ukraine has also been opened. This means that supplies from these countries will soon flood the international market.

Zulhas as Zulkifli Hasan is familiar, said that the harvest in several wheat-producing countries has also increased, after previously experiencing major crop failures.

"Mr. President (doing) diplomacy, now the goods are coming out of wheat (from Ukraine). It has flooded the market a lot, Australia has a great harvest, Canada has a great harvest, America has a great harvest, so wheat is abundant," he explained.

Meanwhile, Acting Director General of Domestic Trade (PDN) Syailendra said the stock of wheat in the country was sufficient for the next 2 months.

"Enough for more than two months. God willing, all this wheat will be harvested in October and the price tends to drop, "said Syailendra.

Previously, the Minister of Trade (Minister of Trade) Zulkifli Hasan denied the news that instant noodles would increase threefold due to skyrocketing wheat prices as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

This is because the supply of wheat from several countries will flood Indonesia.

The man who is familiarly called Zulhas added that the wheat harvest from countries other than Ukraine will have an impact on wheat prices in the future.

Thus, Zulhas believes that there will be no increase in the price of instant noodles in the country.

"No (the price will go up), hopefully later, it's already (an abundance of wheat supply)," he said at the Ministry of Trade Building, Jakarta, Wednesday, August 10.