REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Ministry of Agriculture and state-owned logistics board Bulog will prepare 100 tons of shallots per day for market operations.
Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said that these market operations will be held until the end of the fasting month, which will commence on June 18 and end on July 16.
"We will prepare 100 tons (of shallots) per day. We harvested shallots in Brebes in Central Java yesterday. This month, we have a stock of 140 thousand tons," Sulaiman stated while opening a shallot market operation in Kramat Jati Wholesale Market in East Jakarta on Saturday.
The price of shallots for the market operations is set at Rp17 thousand per kilogram for both retail and wholesale traders.
"If the price rises to Rp17 thousand or drops to Rp16 thousand per kilogram, it would not matter, would it? If the price increases marginally, we will just let it be; there is no need to import the commodity. Let farmers enjoy a slight hike in the price. They work hard for it," the minister remarked.
Sulaiman also instructed Bulog to sell shallots at a price lower than the market price.
"In Brebes, farmers sold shallots at Rp10 thousand per kilogram yesterday. I am convinced the price will be stable because market operations will be conducted to cut the supply chain," he noted.
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