Mentan Sidak ke Pasar Cibinong Pantau Harga Beras
Indonesian Ministers Impromptu Visit to Bogor`s Traditional Market
MENTERI PERTANIAN Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman mengaku surprise mendapati harga beras di Pasar Cibinong di kisaran Rp7.000 per kg atau di bawah Harga Pembelian Pemerintah (HPP) sebesar Rp7.300 per kg, dan mendesak Badan Urusan Logistik (Bulog) segera memborong beras petani yang sudah panen maupun menyiapkan panen raya.
"Kami harapkan Bulog segera memborong beras petani sebanyak-banyaknya. Saya kaget harga beras di Pasar Cibinong saja Rp7 ribu per kg, ini berarti di bawah HPP," kata Menteri Amran kepada pers usai dialog dengan Linawati, pemilik toko beras Teguh Jaya di Pasar Cibinong, Rabu
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.
Seperti diketahui, pemerintahan Presiden RI Joko Widodo mengeluarkan Instruksi Presiden (Inpres) yang menetapkan HPP sebesar Rp7.300 per kg. Dari pantauan harga beras di Pasar Cibinong sebesar Rp7.000 per kg maka harga beras di tingkat petani tentu jauh lebih rendah. (Foto2: B2B/Mac)
THE INDONESIAN Agriculture Minister, Andi Amran Sulaiman claimed surprise to find the rice price about 7.000 rupiah per kg or under the Government Purchase Price or HPP of 7.300 rupiah per kg, and and urged Logistics Agency, known as the Bulog immediately buy up rice farmers are already harvest and prepare to the harvest.
"We hope the Bulog immediately buy rice from farmers as much as possible. I was surprised the rice price here about 7.000 rupiah per kg, this means under HPP," Minister Sulaiman told reporters after dialogue with Linawati, rice shop owner of Teguh Jaya in Cibinong Market on Wednesday afternoon.
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.
As is known, President Joko Widodo administration issued a Presidential Instruction that sets HPP amounting to 7.300 rupiah per kg. From the observation in Cibinong assumed market price of rice at the farm level is certainly much lower.
