Pemburu Rente Permainkan Harga Bawang
Rent Seekers Tricks Price Garlic
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Pemburu rente memanfaatkan struktur pasar untuk mendorong kenaikan harga bawang putih hingga mencapai Rp80 ribu hingga Rp100 ribu per kg. Padahal tidak ada masalah pada permintaan dan penawaran maupun kebijakan impor pemerintah.
"Kita lihat realitanya, tidak ada masalah dari segi supply and demand. Bagaimana harga dalam jangka waktu tidak sampai sebulan bisa naik hingga 300 persen, lebih bisa dijelaskan dari struktur pasar yang terbengkalai. Karena kebijakan yang diambil telah dimanfaatkan oleh para pemburu rente," kata Direktur Institute for Development of Economic and Finance (Indef) Enny Sri Hartati di Jakarta, Sabtu (16/3).
Apabila terjadi kendala pada pasokan dan permintaan, tidak lantas mendorong kegagalan pasar dan dampaknya hanya pada penurunan produktivitas.
"Artinya, dari segi pasokan tidak ada masalah, sementara dari segi demand juga nggak ada fluktuasi," jelas Enny.
Menurut Enny, harga ekonomi bawang hanya Rp20 ribu per kg tapi ketika beredar di pasar melonjak hingga Rp60 ribu per kg akibat ulah pemburu rente. Meskipun diyakininya pemerintah akan bertindak menekan harga agar kembali normal, "bisa dibayangkan berapa besar keuntungan atas praktik nakal tersebut."
Jakarta (B2B) - Rent seekers to take advantage of market structure driven up the price of garlic until it reaches Rp 80 thousand to Rp 100 thousand per kg. Though there is no problem on the demand and supply and import policy of the government.
"We see the reality, there is no problem in terms of supply and demand. How to price in a period less than a month can go up to 300 percent, can be explained from the structure of a dormant market. Due to the measures taken have been used by rent seekers," said Director of the Institute for Development of Economic and Finance (Indef) Enny Sri Hartati in Jakarta, Saturday (16/3).
In the event of constraints on supply and demand, not necessarily encourage market failure and its effects only on a decrease in productivity.
"That is, in terms of supply there is no problem, while in terms of demand is also no fluctuations," said Enny.
According Enny, onions economic price only Rp20 thousand per kg but when circulating in the market jumped to Rp60 thousand per kg at the hands of rent seekers. Although she believes the government will act in order to push prices back to normal, "could imagine how much profit the rogue practices."
