Mentan Akui Surprise Harga Beras di Bawah HPP
The Rice Price in West Java`s Bogor Under the Indonesian Govt Purchase Price
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Cibinong, Jawa Barat (B2B) - Setelah memantau sentra produksi padi dari Sumatera hingga Papua, Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman mengunjungi Pasar Cibinong, Kabupaten Bogor untuk memantau pasokan dan harga beras di kawasan Jabodetabek pada Rabu siang. (20/5).
Kunjungan ke sektor hilir dari produksi pangan tersebut, dilakukan Menteri Amran bersama Menteri Perdagangan Rahmat Gobel dan Menteri Koperasi, Usaha Kecil dan Menengah (UKM) AAGN Puspayoga beserta sejumlah pejabat terkait di ketiga kementerian.
Ketiga menteri bidang ekonomi di pemerintahan Presiden RI Joko Widodo ini menyambangi toko beras Teguh Jaya, toko beras terbesar di Pasar Cibinong tersebut. Amran Sulaiman mengaku surprise mendapati harga beras eceran di kisaran Rp7 ribu per liter, di bawah Harga Pembelian Pemerintah (HPP) sebesar Rp7.300 per liter.
"Harga beras tersebut masih di bawah HPP yang ditetapkan pemerintah," kata Menteri Amran kepada pers usai dialog dengan Linawati, pemilik toko beras Teguh Jaya.
Menurutnya, harga jual beras Rp7 ribu per liter menjadi indikator produksi beras di sentra-sentra produksi khususnya di Pulau Jawa melimpah.
Cibinong, Indonesia (B2B) - After monitor rice production centers from Sumatra to Papua, Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman visited the West Java´s Cibinong, to monitor the supply and rice price in the Greater Jakarta area on Wednesday afternoon (05/20)
A visit to the downstream sector of food production, conducted jointly Mr Sulaiman with the Trade Minister, Rachmat Gobel and Cooperatives and SMEs Minister, AAGN Puspayoga with a number of relevant officials in the three ministries.
These three economic ministers of the President Joko Widodo administration have visited the rice store Teguh Jaya, the largest rice store in Cibinong Market. Mr Sulaiman claimed surprise to find retail rice prices about 7.000 rupiah per liter, under the government purchase price, locally known as the HPP of 7.300 rupiah per liter.
"The rice price is still under HPP set by the government," Minister Sulaiman told reporters after a dialogue with Linawati, rice shop owner Teguh Jaya.
According to him, the price of 7.000 rupiah per liter as indicators of production, especially rice production centers in Java overflow.
