Indonesian rice imports continue this February with 212.71 million kg

Rice

Indonesia

Published Mar 17, 2023

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that Indonesia's rice imports will continue in February 2023. Rice imports in the second month of this year reached 212.71 million Kg. The imports came from 3 countries, namely from Thailand, Vietnam and India. Based on data on imports of certain food commodities obtained by CNBC Indonesia, the volume of rice imports in February 2023 reached 212.71 million kilograms (Kg). The volume of imports increased drastically on an annual basis or year on year (yoy) when compared to the volume of rice imports in February 2022 which was only 5.07 million kilograms. Meanwhile, when compared to the previous month or month to month (mtm), rice imports fell slightly compared to January 2023 volume of 243.6 million kilograms. In the second month of this year, the majority of the volume of rice imports was met from Thailand as much as 135.8 million kilograms. This amount increased from the previous month which amounted to 105.40 million kilograms. Then, in second place, the most imports of Indonesian rice came from Vietnam, amounting to 74.4 million kilograms. This amount decreased from the previous month which reached 78.79 million kilograms. What is interesting is the rice import data from India which is in third place. In February, the number of imports decreased drastically to 2.47 million kilograms from the previous 30.50 million kilograms.

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For information, the government has indeed announced that it will import rice early this year. Perum Bulog has also been mandated to import as much as 500 thousand tons until February 2023. Main Director of Bulog Budi Waseso (Buwas) said, of the total imports assigned there are now less than 30 thousand tons of imported rice that have not yet entered Indonesia. "Actually, there ...

Source: Cnbcindonesia