Rice Procurement for Government Reserves Hampered
The efforts of the State Logistics Agency to procure unhulled rice from farmers are still hampered by high prices. The price of unhulled rice in a number of areas has begun to fall with the expansion of harvest areas.
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Workers unload rice imported from Thailand which is used as food reserves for market operations at the warehouse of the Bulog Perum Cirebon Branch Office, West Java, Tuesday (28/2/2023).
CIREBON, KOMPAS – The procurement of 1.4 million tonnes of rice for government reserves during the March-April 2023 harvest season has encountered a problem in a number of regions. Bulog is still unable to procure unhulled rice or rice from farmers because the price is still above the government's reference price (HPP).
Based on Kompas’ observations in a number of rice production centers in West Java and Central Java that harvested rice on 27-27 Feb., the farm-level price of fresh unhulled rice (GKP) was still above Rp 5,000 per kilogram. Meanwhile, the price of mill-ready dried unhulled rice (GKG) in several regions of West Java, such as Karawang, Subang and Indramayu, reached Rp 6,000 per kg. The price of rice is Rp 9,500 per kg.