Food traders in Indonesia are confused by the effects of food prices

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - A number of basic food prices have been observed to soar, not only rice, but sugar, flour and instant noodles have also increased. Based on CNBC Indonesia's monitoring at several basic food stores in the Bogor area, West Java today, Friday (8/9/2023), a number of basic food prices have increased, and this has made traders complain about this. Aat, one of the basic food traders admitted that he was confused about where to make his profit if the prices from the agent he was shopping at had already increased the prices. "Buying from there is already expensive. I'm also confused about where I'm making a profit from if it's already expensive there, right," said Aat. At his basic food shop, flour is sold for IDR 15,500 per kg, instant noodles IDR 4,000 per package, garlic IDR 38,000 per kg, and rice IDR 12,500 per liter. "Garlic has increased again to Rp. 38,000 (per kg). What else is rice, it's really expensive now, I sell it for Rp. 12,500 per liter," he ...