Bad News, Prices Of Garlic, Soybeans, Cooking Oil, Chicken Eggs, And Wheat Flour In Kulon Progo Rise At The Beginning Of Ramadan

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Nine basic commodities in Kulon Progo Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, experienced an increase at the beginning of Ramadan 2022 due to high demand and uneven distribution.

Head of the Kulon Progo Department of Trade and Industry (Disdagin), Sudarna in Kulon Progo said that the nine basic commodities that had increased were kating garlic, broiled chicken, imported soybeans, local soybeans, cabbage, bulk cooking oil, packaged cooking oil, broiler eggs. , and wheat flour.

Then, six basic commodities were dropped, namely shallots, curly red chilies, red cayenne peppers, salted fish, dry shelled corn, and vegetable tomatoes.

"Nine basic commodities experienced an increase due to high demand from the public. Based on coordination with the Kulon Progo Agriculture and Food Service (DPP), the condition of basic needs commodities was in a surplus even though prices had increased," said Sudarna, quoted from Antara, Saturday 9 April.

He said the price of kating garlic in early March 2022 was Rp. 28,167 per kilogram, in early April or early Ramadan it rose to Rp. 37,500 per kilogram, chicken meat from Rp. 33,883 rose to Rp. 37,334 per kilogram, imported soybeans from Rp. 12 .080 rose to Rp12,500 per kilogram, and local soybeans increased by Rp11,983 to 12,667 per kilogram.

Furthermore, cabbage/cabbage rose from IDR 5,000 to IDR 5,917 per kilogram, bulk cooking oil from palm oil from IDR 16,290 rose to IDR 18,450 per kilogram, premium packaged cooking oil from IDR 22,022 rose to IDR 25,834 per kilogram. broiler eggs from Rp.23,783 increased to Rp.24,667 per kilogram, and wheat flour from Rp.11,067 increased to Rp.11,792 per kilogram.

"The trend of increasing basic needs during Ramadan occurs every year. The increase in cooking oil is due to national conditions. We urge the public to buy basic necessities as needed so that there will be no price spikes," he said.

The Regent of Kulon Progo Sutedjo asked the Ministry of Meat and the Department of Agriculture and Food to work together to overcome the spike in the prices of basic necessities in the community during this Ramadan. Price increases below 25 percent are still reasonable, the most important thing is that the availability of basic needs is safe.

"The increase in the price of basic needs is very reasonable because economic law applies. The higher demand and stable availability, the price will increase. We only ask for the availability of safe and sufficient basic needs," he said.