Indonesia: Rice imports in 2023 increased 613 percent

Published 2024년 1월 16일

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Rice imports in 2023 were the largest in the last five years, totaling 3.06 million tons, a 613.61 percent increase from 2022, according to the Central Statistics Agency. The imports were dominated by semi-milled or whole miller rice at 2.7 million tons, with the largest portion coming from Thailand. Other significant sources of rice imports included Vietnam, Pakistan, and Myanmar.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted that rice imports throughout 2023 were the largest in the last five years, namely 3.06 million tons or an increase of 613.61 percent compared to 2022. "Over the last 5 years, rice imports in 2023 will be the largest, namely 3.06 million tons or an increase of 613.61 percent compared to 2022," said BPS Deputy for Distribution Statistics and Services Pudji Ismartini during the Official Statistics News in Jakarta. , Monday (15/1/2024). Pudji said that in 2022 Indonesia's rice imports will reach 429.21 thousand tons. In the previous year, imports amounted to 407.74 thousand tons. In 2020, rice imports were at 356.29 thousand tons. This value has decreased compared to 2019 which reached 444.51 thousand tons. Meanwhile, rice imports in 2023 will be dominated by semi-milled or whole miller rice amounting to 2.7 million tons or 88.18 percent. Then, broken rice amounted to 345.7 thousand tons or 11.29 percent, and ...

Source: Republika