Rice Imports and Government Stocks

Responding to the commotion over the plan to import one million tons of rice, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo finally intervened to explain that there would be no rice imports until June 2021.

After two years without any news about rice, the public was suddenly shocked by the issue of the plan to import one million tons of rice, which the President later denied. What is going on?

This article will explain the problem of managing rice imports and managing government rice stocks (CBP). Since rice imports are one of the instruments for replenishing the government rice stocks, we will first explain the terms of stocks, rice stocks and national rice stocks.