Chili Prices Start To Rise, Some Up To IDR 100 Thousand Per Kilogram

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JAKARTA - The price of chili has increased. Especially for the type of red cayenne pepper in a number of areas.

In fact, the price reaches IDR 100.000 per kilogram (kg) almost close to the price of beef.

Quoting Hargapangan.id, as of Monday, March 7, 2022, the price of red cayenne pepper was observed to be still soaring with an average price of IDR 70.250 per kilogram. The highest price is in the province of Papua with IDR 129.150 per kg.

Then, in North Kalimantan, the price of red cayenne pepper is IDR 127.500 per kg. While in Maluku the price reached IDR 121.250 per kg.

Then in North Maluku, the price of red cayenne pepper is priced at IDR 100.000 per kg.

The soaring price of red cayenne pepper also occurred in a number of other areas on the island of Java. For example, in DKI Jakarta, it reaches IDR 72.500 per kg.

Then, in West Java it reached IDR 66.900 per kg. Then in Banten IDR 67.650 per kg; Central Java IDR 56.150 per kg; In Yogyakarta IDR 62.500; and East Java IDR 56.950 per kg.

Meanwhile, the price of red chili peppers has also increased in a number of markets in the Jakarta area as of March 6, 2022.

Cited from a food info site in Jakarta, the price of red cayenne pepper at the Grogol market is set at IDR 80.000 per kg. Meanwhile, in Kramat Jadi market, it is priced at IDR 80.000 per kg.

Then, at the Pesanggrahan market the price rose to IDR 85.000 per kg. The highest price is in the West Tebet market, which is IDR 95.000 per kg.