CIANJUR- During the Emergency PPKM period, the level of residents' need for medicines and fruit and food which is believed to be able to reduce the impact of COVID-19 continues to increase. This makes young coconut traders in Cianjur, West Java, profit up to millions of rupiah due to high demand. Especially the order of green coconut which is usually used to treat poisoning and lack of fluids.
Roni (38), a young coconut trader on Jalan Abdulah Bin Nuh, Cianjur, when met on Sunday, said that since the beginning of the implementation of the emergency PPKM until it was extended, they were still allowed to sell. However, you cannot drink on the spot or take it home. This makes the number of orders quite high from 50 pieces per day increasing to 400 pieces per day.
"At the beginning of the pandemic, more people were looking for green coconut or medicinal coconut as they called it. But since the last two weeks, sales of ordinary coconut have also increased, he said, it is good for boosting immunity and killing bad viruses in the body," he said.
He explained, for one green coconut, it is usually sold for Rp. 15,000, while ordinary young coconuts are sold for Rp. 10 thousand per fruit. Every day, he can sell up to 400 pieces per day, so he can reap a profit of up to millions of rupiah. "Alhamdulillah, there is no prohibition on selling, only you cannot eat or drink in places as usual. The stock is very sufficient," he said.
The same thing was said by Sandi (43) another young coconut trader. Since the pandemic, orders for green coconuts have increased sharply compared to ordinary young coconuts. Even higher orders have been felt since the increase in COVID-19 cases in Cianjur, he can sell up to 600 green coconuts and young coconuts per day.
"Since the beginning of the pandemic, sales have been high, especially green coconuts, I can bring up to IDR 3 million per day. For the last two months, we have always prepared stocks from farmers in several sub-districts in Cianjur. So far, stocks are always available because they come directly from farmers," he said.
Meanwhile, the Regent of Cianjur, Herman Suherman, said that until now, various efforts have been made by the local government to continue to help small traders and existing MSMEs continue to produce and sell their products online, as an effort to help the government reduce the transmission rate. Even after the pandemic a number of programs were prepared to restore the economy.
"Although non-essential traders have started to sell again, we urge them to continue to implement the procedures, and avoid crowds. After the pandemic is over, we have prepared a major program for economic recovery," he said.
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