Government Ensures No Import of Rice and Sugar for Consumption This Year Strategic food commodities can be met from domestic production. Red: Satria K Yudha

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — The government ensures there will be no import of rice and consumer sugar in this year. This policy is taken in line with the strengthening of domestic production, deemed safe stock, and the commitment to food self-sufficiency. Deputy for Coordination of Trade and Food Distribution of the Coordinating Ministry for Food Crops Tatang Yuliono emphasized that consumer rice and sugar are not included in the 2026 import scheme. “(For sugar) consumption, there is no import. So for (sugar) consumption, there is no import. Consumer rice import (also) does not exist. Industrial rice does not happen. If for consumption, we are almost entirely self-sufficient,” said Tatang, Thursday (1/1/2026). The government stated that the need for strategic food commodities such as rice, sugar, and feed corn can be met from domestic farmers' production. This decision was agreed upon in the discussion of the 2026 Commodity Balance (NK) led by the Coordinating Ministry for Food ...