151,000 tons of imported corn will flood Indonesia

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - A total of 151,000 tonnes of imported corn will soon enter Indonesia. This volume is part of the import quota of 250,000 tons which was decided by the government in October 2023. Today, Wednesday (15/11/2023) 20,000 tonnes of the quota has arrived at Teluk Lamong Port, Surabaya. The unloading of imported corn was witnessed directly by the Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi. As is known, the government assigned Perum Bulog to import corn to fill government corn reserves (CJP). This import decision responds to complaints from chicken farmers and independent laying hen breeders regarding the high price of corn. The spike in corn prices then had an impact on increasing domestic production of chicken meat and purebred chicken eggs. The Food Agency's Price Panel shows that today's corn price fell by IDR 60 to IDR 7,180 per kg. This is the national average daily price at the farmer level. At the farmer/producer level, today the price ...