Bawang Merah Rp17 Ribu per Kg di Pasar Induk Kramat Jati Pasca OP
Red Onion Bazaar in Jakarta Effectively Lower the Prices
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Bawang merah di Pasar Induk Kramat Jati, Jakarta Timur dijual Rp17 ribu per kg sementara harga bawang merah super Rp20 ribu per kg setelah digelar Operasi Pasar Bawang Merah oleh Kementerian Pertanian RI dan Badan Urusan Logistik sejak Sabtu (13/6).
Harga bawang merah di pasar terbesar di Jakarta Timur tersebut sebelumnya di kisaran Rp25 ribu per kg dan operasi pasar (OP) terbukti efektif menekan harga yang tetap menguntungkan petani, dan tidak memberatkan konsumen yang terbukti efektif mengurangi rantai pasokan yang diduga dikendalikan para tengkulak.
Setelah OP diluncurkan pada Sabtu (13/6) di pasar tersebut, Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman didampingi Direktur Utama Bulog, Djarot Kusumayakti kembali mendatangi Pasar Induk Kramat Jati untuk mengecek efektivitas dari OP bawang merah yang diadakan hingga Lebaran mendatang.
"Harga pagi ini bawang merah super turun Rp20.000. Kemarin harga Rp25.000. Berarti operasi pasar ini efektif," kata Menteri Amran Sulaiman kepada pers di Jakarta, Minggu (14/6).
Dia mengimbau kepada para pedagang bawang merah di pasar tersebut untuk menetapkan harga tidak terlalu mahal, karena pasokan dari sentra bawang merah di Brebes, Jawa Tengah cukup untuk memenuhi kebutuhan di bulan Ramadan dan Lebaran.
Jakarta (B2B) - Red Onion in Kramat Jati Central Market of East Jakarta sold 17,000 rupiah per kg, while the price of super quality 20,000 rupiah per kg after are held the Red Onion Bazaar by the Indonesian Agriculture Ministry with State Logistics Agency, locally known as the Bulog since Saturday (6/13).
Earlier, price of red onion in the market 25 thousand rupiah per kg, and the bazaar proven effective in suppressing prices is still profitable for farmers, and not burden the consumer, which proved effective in reducing the supply chain of middlemen.
After the bazaar was launched on Saturday (6/13), Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman was accompanied by President Director of Bulog, Djarot Kusumayakti returned to the Kramat Jati Central Market to check the effectiveness of the bazaar is held up to Eid.
"Today price of red onion super 20 thousand per kg. Yesterday 25 thousand per kg. Bazar is proven effective," Minister Sulaiman told the press here on Sunday (6/14).
He appealed to the traders in the market to set the price is not too expensive, because the supply of red onion production centers in Brebes, Central Java, enough for the needs during Ramadan until the Eid.
