From Garlic to Wheat Flour, Prices of Basic Needs in Kulon Progo Rise At the Beginning of Ramadan

4/09/2022

illustration. From Garlic to Wheat Flour, Prices of Basic Needs in Kulon Progo Rise At the Beginning of Ramadan.

Newstoday -- High demand, but accompanied by uneven distribution, has made nine basic commodities in Kulon Progo Regency increase at the beginning of Ramadan 2022.

Head of the Kulon Progo Department of Trade and Industry (Disdagin), Sudarna in Kulon Progo, Saturday, said that nine commodities of basic needs that rose, namely kating garlic, broiler meat, imported soybeans, local soybeans, cabbage, bulk cooking oil, packaged cooking oil , chicken eggs, and wheat flour

Then, six basic commodities were dropped, namely shallots, curly red chilies, red cayenne peppers, salted fish, dry shelled corn, and vegetable tomatoes.

“Nine basic commodities experienced an increase due to high demand from the public. Based on coordination with the Kulon Progo Agriculture and Food Service (DPP), the condition of basic commodities is in a surplus even though prices have increased," said Sudarna. Ramadhan rose to Rp37,500 per kilogram, chicken meat from Rp33,883 rose to Rp37,334 per kilogram, imported soybeans from Rp12,080 rose to Rp12,500 per kilogram, and local soybeans increased from Rp11,983 to 12,667 per kilogram. Furthermore, cabbage/cabbage rose from IDR 5,000 to IDR 5,917 per kilogram, bulk cooking oil from palm oil from IDR 16,290 rose to IDR 18,450 per kilogram, premium packaged cooking oil from IDR 22,022 rose to IDR 25,834 per kilogram.

"The trend of increasing basic needs during Ramadan occurs every year. The increase in cooking oil was due to national conditions. We appeal to the public to buy basic necessities as needed so that prices do not spike," he said. Kulon Progo Regent Sutedjo asked the Ministry of Meat and Agriculture and Food Service to work together to overcome the spike in prices of basic needs in the community during this Ramadan. Price increases below 25 percent are still reasonable, the most important thing is that the availability of basic needs is safe.

“The increase in the price of basic necessities is very reasonable because economic law applies. The higher the demand and stable availability, the higher the price. We only ask for the availability of safe and sufficient basic needs," he said.

(YK/ZN)