Prices of red chilies and cayenne pepper in Lampung are still high in Indonesia

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDAR LAMPUNG -- The rainy season is already underway, but the prices of red chilies and cayenne peppers are still high in the traditional markets of Bandar Lampung City, Wednesday (10/1/2024). The price of red chilies is IDR 70,000 per kg and cayenne pepper IDR 55,000 per kg. Monitoring at Pasir Gintung Market, Bandar Lampung, Wednesday (10/1/2024), the price of core household kitchen commodities such as red chilies has continued to increase in the last few days from IDR 58,700 per kg to IDR 70,000 per kg. Meanwhile, cayenne pepper has gone from IDR 40,800 per kg to IDR 55,000 per kg. According to Muntako (50 years), a chili trader at Pasir Gintung Market, the increase in the price of red and cayenne peppers is not due to weather factors such as the current rain. However, he said, the price increase was triggered by expensive transportation, and chili stocks were also decreasing. "The chili agent said, because the costs are expensive and also the stock of ...