TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Deputy for Food Availability and Stabilization of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) I Gusti Ketut Astawa opened his voice about the competition between Perum Bulog and private rice milling companies in absorbing farmers’ produce during the harvest season.
He said that his party had gathered a number of private companies so that the price of rice would not be too high in the future.
“The head of the Babanas has gathered them in a meeting and said, ‘Hey, you guys agree, don’t go too high, don’t have a price war,'” Ketut told Tempo, Wednesday, February 22, 2023, imitating the words of the head of the Babanas Arief Prasetyo Adi.
As previously reported, the government, through Bapanas, has set a limit on the purchase price of rice and unhulled rice. The agreement was decided in a coordination meeting attended by Bulog Public Corporation, National Police Food Task Force, PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya, Indonesian Rice Milling and Entrepreneurs Association (Perpadi), PT Wilmar Padi Indonesia, PT Surya Pangan Semesta, PT Buyung Poetra Sembada Tbk, PT Belitang Panen Raya, and Managing Image Harmony.
The upper limit for the government purchase price (HPP) for harvested dry unhusked rice at the farmer level is set at IDR 4,550 per kilogram. Then the GKP for the mill level is Rp. 4,650 per kilogram, the milled dry unhusked rice (GKG) for the mill level is Rp. 5,700 per kilogram, and medium rice at the Perum Bulog warehouse is Rp. 9,000 per kilogram.
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