Indonesia imports garlic US$125.2 million from China, US to Singapore

게시됨 2024년 5월 16일

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Indonesia's heavy reliance on garlic imports, primarily from China, has led to significant price increases due to a 7.21% decrease in import volume from January to April 2024, despite a 33.51% rise in import value. Garlic prices have surged to IDR 45,000 per kg, with regional disparities such as North Maluku seeing prices as high as IDR 67,500 per kg. The slow import realization, attributed to new importers, has prompted the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) to summon importers for discussions, a move criticized by importers like Jaya who argue that the Ministry of Trade should handle such matters. Jaya and other importers were also summoned by Bareskrim Polri due to the rising garlic prices.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Indonesia is very dependent on imported garlic, especially from China because 90%-95% of domestic needs are met by imports, based on records from the National Food Agency (Bapanas). This is because Indonesia is not a garlic producing country. Quoting data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), garlic imports in Indonesia this year, namely January-April 2024, amounted to 95.95 thousand tonnes, down 7.21% from the record in the same period last year of 103.41 thousand tonnes. However, the value jumped 33.51% from US$ 93.78 million to US$ 125.21 million. The majority of garlic imports came from China amounting to 95.88 thousand tons. The rest are very small, such as from the United States only 942 kg, Germany 180 kg, Malaysia 11 kg, and Singapore 42 kg. From other countries, the cumulative amount is only 63.09 thousand kg. The low realization of garlic imports is what makes KSP consider the price of garlic in Indonesia to be very expensive. Deputy III KSP ...

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