Ditjen Hortikultura Berupaya Tiadakan Impor Bawang Merah Tahun Depan
Indonesian Govt Ensures No Shallots Import Next Year
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Pemerintah RI melalui Kementerian Pertanian RI menegaskan belum ada rencana untuk mengimpor bawang merah pada 2016, hal itu merujuk pada pasokan bawang merah di seluruh Indonesia saat ini memadai untuk memenuhi kebutuhan konsumen dari sentra utama produksi di Jawa Barat, Jawa Tengah, Jawa Timur, Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), Sulawesi Selatan, dan Sumatera Barat.
Direktur Jenderal Hortikultura, Spudnik Sujono mengatakan optimisme tersebut didasarkan pada pasokan produksi dari keenam sentra produksi hingga Desember 2015 di Jawa Barat mencapai 3.321 ton, Jawa Tengah (46.994), Jawa Timur (3.033), NTB (495), Sulawesi Selatan (1.468), dan Sumatera Barat (5.445).
"Dengan biaya produksi bawang merah rata-rata Rp86 juta per hektar, petani meraih break event point atau BEP sekitar Rp8.600 per kg. Sementara biaya produksi cabai merah besar adalah Rp83 juta per hektar dan BEP Rp10 ribu rupiah per kg, dan cabai rawit sekitar Rp85 juta dengan BEP Rp10.500 per kg," kata Spudnik Sujono kepada pers di Jakarta pada Senin siang (22/12).
Spudnik juga mengurai harga bawang merah dalam rupiah per kg di tingkat petani pada 2015, menurut data dari Direktorat Jenderal Hortikultura bahwa harga tertinggi mencapai Rp23.875 di kota Mataram, ibu kota NTB pada Mei 2015 sementara harga terendah di Kabupaten Nganjuk, Jawa Timur yang melorot ke Rp4.075 per kg.
Dia pun menguraikan tentang perbandingan harga bawang merah per kilogram di Pasar Induk Kramat Jati pada Oktober dan Desember 2015, untuk jenis eceran super Rp31.000 pada Desember dan Rp18.000 pada Oktober, ukuran besar Rp29.000 (Desember) dan Rp17.000 (Oktober), ukuran sedang Rp25.000 (Desember) dan Rp14.000 (Oktober), dan ukuran kecil sekitar Rp24.000 (Desember) dan Rp11.000 (Oktober).
"Prediksi kenaikan harga pada November tapi meleset karena adanya pasokan dari Kabupaten Nganjuk dan Demak, sementara kenaikan harga pada Desember karena mulai memasuki musim hujan. Pada musim hujan, produktivitas bawang merah menurun karena basah sehingga mudah rusak," kata Spudnik.
Menurutnya, langkah-langkah yang sudah dilakukan sejak Oktober - Desember 2015 melalui pemantauan langsung di lapangan untuk mengetahui potensi produksi, luas tanam, dan rencana panen, dan memantau harga yang diawali dari Bima di NTB kemudian di Jawa Barat khususnya Majalengka, Cirebon, Garut, Tasikmalaya, Probolinggo, Nganjuk, dan Malang, dan Jawa Tengah meliputi Tegal, Grobogan, Demak, Pemalang, dan Wonosobo.
"Direktorat jenderal juga koordinasi dengan pihak industri seperti PT Heinz ABC, PT Indofood, PT Wings, pihak asosiasi, penangkar benih bawang merah dan pedagang pasar induk," katanya.
Spudnik menambahkan, untuk pengamanan produksi Desember 2015 hingga Maret 2016 telah dilakukan revisi kegiatan untuk pengadaan benih di sentra produksi utama. Diikuti fasilitasi kerjasama antara pedagang pasar induk dengan kelompok tani champion di sentra produksi Jawa dan NTB, yang tahap pertama direalisasikan sebanyak lima ton dalam upaya menstabilkan harga.
Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian government through the Ministry of Agriculture confirms there are no plans to import shallots next year, it refers to the supply of shallots across Indonesia is currently sufficient to meet the needs of consumers from production centers in six provinces: West Java, Central Java, East Java, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi and West Sumatra.
Indonesian Agriculture Ministry´s Director General of Horticulture, Spudnik Sujono optimistic based on the supply of production until December 2015 from six production centers such as West Java 3,321 tons, Central Java (46,994), East Java (3,033), NTB (495), South Sulawesi (1,468), and Sumatra west (5,445).
"With production costs an average of 86 million rupiah per hectare, break-even point for farmers around 8,600 rupiah per kg, while the cost of production of red chili big is 83 million rupiah per hectare and BEP 10 thousand rupiah rupiah per kg, and cayenne pepper around 85 million rupiah with BEP 10,500 per kg," Spudnik Sujono told reporters in Jakarta on Monday afternoon (12/22).
Spudnik also parse shallots prices in rupiah per kg at the farm level in 2015, according to data from the Directorate General of Horticulture that the highest price reached 23,875 rupiah in Mataram, the capital of the NTB in May 2015 while the lowest prices in Nganjuk, East Java, which slipped to 4,075 rupiah per kg.
He also describes the comparison of shallots prices per kilogram in Kramat Jati Central Market in October and December 2015, for types of retail super 31,000 rupiahs in December from 18,000 rupiahs in October, the large size of 29,000 rupiahs (December) and 17,000 rupiahs (October), size was 25,000 rupiahs (December) and 14,000 rupiahs (October), and the small size of around 24,000 rupiahs (December) and 11,000 rupiahs (October).
"Prediction of price increases in November but missed because supply of Nganjuk and Demak, while the price increase in December that the rainy season. During the rainy season, red onion productivity decreases because it is easily damaged by wet," Mr Sujono said.
According to him, the steps that have been conducted since October-December 2015 by direct monitoring to determine the production potential, extensive planting, and harvesting plans, and monitor price starting from Bima in West Nusa Tenggara province and then to the province of West Java in particular Majalengka, Cirebon, Garut, Tasikmalaya, Probolinggo, Nganjuk, and Malang, Central Java such as Tegal, Grobogan, Demak, Pemalang, and Wonosobo.
"The directorate general also coordinating with the industry as Heinz ABC Corp, Indofood Corp, Wings Corp, the association, seed breeders and traders shallots wholesale market," he said.
Mr Sujono added to securing production in December 2015 up to March 2016 has been revised for the procurement activities of the seed in the main production centers. Followed by facilitation of cooperation between the wholesale market traders with farmer groups champion in production centers in Java and NTB, the first stage is realized as much as five tonnes to stabilize prices.
