Chili and tomato prices rise at Tanjung Pinang Bincen Market in Indonesia

HMK, TANJUNGPINANG — Lauren, a chili seller at the Bintan Center Market, said that entering Christmas and New Year's, chili prices have increased to IDR 62,000 per kilogram. “The previous price was IDR 50,000. The price for cayenne pepper is IDR 60,000, before it was IDR 50,000,” he said when met, Saturday (24/12). In addition to chili, tomato prices have increased 100 percent. "Tomatoes are now the most expensive, previously it was Rp. 12,000, now it is Rp. 24,000," he said. According to him, the price increase was due to the rainy weather in the last few weeks, which made the supply unfit for sale. "This increase is not due to low supply, but because of rain. So it's all bad," he explained. Meanwhile, Yayuk, a chili buyer, said that the price increase had greatly affected people's purchasing power. “I usually buy 2 kg of red chilies, bird's eye chilies and ...