Jakarta Rice Import Update: Perum Bulog Cancels 500,000 Tons Due to Capacity Constraints

Jakarta Rice Import Update: Perum Bulog Cancels 500,000 Tons Due to Capacity Constraints

Jakarta – Perum Bulog canceled importing additional rice totaling 1.5 million tons. According to the Main Director of Bulog, Budi Waseso, the rice import contract is only 1 million tons. In other words, 500 thousand tons will not be imported. Meanwhile, of the total 1 million tonnes, 600 thousand tonnes will arrive first. The remaining … Read more

Minister of Agriculture aims to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production in 2-3 years

Minister of Agriculture aims to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production in 2-3 years

Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman opened his voice regarding rice imports. He hopes that rice imports can be stopped in the next three years in line with the creation of food self-sufficiency. “No, not next year (stop imports). We will try to do it in the next 2-3 years. In 2-3 … Read more

Minister of Agriculture Aims to Stop Rice Imports in 2-3 Years for Food Self-Sufficiency

Minister of Agriculture Aims to Stop Rice Imports in 2-3 Years for Food Self-Sufficiency

Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman opened his voice regarding rice imports. He hopes that rice imports can be stopped in the next three years in line with the creation of food self-sufficiency. “No, not next year (stop imports). We will try to do it in the next 2-3 years. In 2-3 … Read more

China Ready to Export 1 Million Tons of Rice to Indonesia: Perum Bulog Director

China Ready to Export 1 Million Tons of Rice to Indonesia: Perum Bulog Director

Jakarta – Main Director of Perum Bulog Budi Waseso said China was ready to export to Indonesia. The amount reaches 1 million tons “Yesterday the President and the President of China spoke and China is ready to help Indonesia when Indonesia needs it. China is ready to help up to 1 million tons,” said the … Read more

“The Reason Behind RI Needing to Import 2 Million Tons of Rice Revealed”

“The Reason Behind RI Needing to Import 2 Million Tons of Rice Revealed”

Jakarta – Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi explained the reasons for this rice imports of 2 million tonnes until the end of 2023. One of the reasons is because the absorption of grain from the main harvest has not been able to meet the stock of the Government Rice Reserve … Read more

The cause of low absorption of Bulog rice leads to imports of 500,000 tons

The cause of low absorption of Bulog rice leads to imports of 500,000 tons

Jakarta – Absorption Rice for Perum Bulog government rice stocks (CBP) this year to be the lowest in five years. Eventually, the government decided to import to supply CBP. So why was Bulog’s rice uptake this year so low as to lead to rice imports? For your information, CBP is a government-run rice supply through … Read more

Previously embarrassed, why is Jokowi now importing rice again? Page all

Previously embarrassed, why is Jokowi now importing rice again?  Page all

KOMPAS. com – The government of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially opened the tap rice imports this year. Rice import carried out to increase the stock of government rice reserves (CBP) in Perum Bulog. With a purchase cost of IDR 4.4 trillion, the Indonesian government imported a total of 500,000 tons of imported rice. In … Read more

The Cipinang Main Market Cooperative Denies the Ministry of Agriculture’s Abundant Rice Stocks

The Cipinang Main Market Cooperative Denies the Ministry of Agriculture’s Abundant Rice Stocks

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Chairman of Cipinang Rice Main Market Cooperative (KKPIBC) Zulkifli Rasyid denied the statement of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) on the matter rice broth surplus or national surplus. That’s because, he said, rice stocks had been running low in Cipinang Main Rice Market since August 2022. “We, as market players, know that … Read more

Cross data on rice stocks from Ministry of Agriculture VsBapanas and Bulog leading to import plans

Cross data on rice stocks from Ministry of Agriculture VsBapanas and Bulog leading to import plans

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – National Food Agency, public body Bulogand the Ministry of Agriculture (Minister of Agriculture) disputes over national rice stockpile data. This is because the data disclosed by the Ministry of Agriculture is different from the data owned by the National Food Agency (Bapanas) and Perum Bulog. The debate was initiated by the Director … Read more