Tofu and tempeh producers have recently had difficulty getting soybean stocks in Indonesia, signs are already visible

Published 2024년 1월 7일

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Tofu and tempeh producers are struggling to get soybean stocks, causing about 50,000 manufacturers to stop production and impacting around 500,000 workers in the sector. The shortage of soybeans has been going on for 2 months, with prices creeping up ahead of Christmas and New Year. While the Indonesian Soybean Association denied a shortage, the Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Tofu Tempe Producer Cooperatives reported that the shortage is severe in many areas, and imports of soybeans are running smoothly.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Tofu and tempeh producers have recently had difficulty getting soybean stocks on the market. Due to this problem, around 50,000 manufacturers reportedly stopped production. Meanwhile, as many as 500,000 workers in this sector are estimated to also be affected. Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Tofu Tempe Producer Cooperatives (Gakoptindo), Aip Syarifuddin, said that the shortage of soybeans had been going on for 2 months. "It started to become scarce at the end of November, in December it increasingly disappeared," he told CNBC Indonesia, quoted on Sunday (7/1/2024). Aip said that actually almost every year the price of soybeans creeps up ahead of Christmas and New Year. However, this year's problem is different because there are no soybean stocks. He said this shortage had only happened once during President Jokowi's administration. "Last year soybeans were not scarce, but the price went up like crazy. Now the rise is not crazy, but nothing, it's ...

Source: Cnbcindonesia