Jokowi Shocked Chicken Price At Palmerah Market Reaches IDR 50 Thousand Per Kg, Food Agency: There Are Distribution Cost Factors

Head of the Food Agency Arief Prasetyo Adi spoke about the price of chicken which reached Rp50,000 at Palmerah Market, West Jakarta.

Arief said, the market is not the main market, but the derivative market.

That way, said Arief, there is a difference in food prices from the main market to the derivative market, because there are more distribution costs.

Especially if the amount of stock distribution is small, then the distribution cost will be high.

The statement was in response to the findings of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) regarding the increase in the price of chicken meat reaching Rp50,000 per kilogram (kg) at Palmerah Market, West Jakarta.

That's a distribution cost factor. So the cost per unit will be better when sent more. So one truck contains 3 tons, for example. Then, but the content is only 1 ton. It's the same if it's filled with 3 tons of full truck loads, it's different," he told reporters, written Tuesday, June 27.

Referring to the National Food Price Panel belonging to the National Food Agency, said Arief, the national average price of chickens is IDR 36,000 per kg. Meanwhile, the lowest is IDR 33,000 or IDR 27,000 per kg.

Furthermore, Arief also said that the highest price of chicken must also be seen from the kilograms, whether it is greater or not and the type of chicken. If the weight of the chicken is greater, then there will be an additional price.

"Which chicken is it? The chicken has putu, there is karkas, I'll have to look again. But the price of chicken for the food agency is Rp. 36,000. If it's from Rp. 36,000 to Rp. 50,000, if it's true, the price of chicken per kilogram is that much, it's expensive," he said.

"But if the price of the chicken, the chicken must be seen. It weighs 1.2 kg, or 1 kg, or 1.8 kg, because it weighs. Weighing 1.2 kg means we have to add 20 percent," he continued.

Previously, President Jokowi found a fairly high increase in chicken prices at Palmerah Market, West Jakarta.

He said, chicken meat increased from initially only Rp. 30,000 per kg to Rp. 50,000 per kg.