JAKARTA (BERNAMA) – President Prabowo Subianto, in a meeting, instructed his ministers to halt the importation of rice, salt, consumable sugar and corn in 2025, Coordinating Minister for Food, Zulkifli Hasan, said, reported Indonesian News Agency (Antara).
Speaking to the press after the meeting at the State Palace, Zulkifli stated that no import quotas would be set for these commodities in 2025.
During the same meeting, the president also decided to raise the government’s purchasing price (HPP) for unhusked rice from IDR6,000 (around USD0.37) to IDR6,500 (around USD0.40).
The benchmark purchase price (HAP) for corn was also increased from IDR5,000 (around USD0.31) to IDR5,500 (around USD0.34).
Zulkifli noted that this decision followed an extensive discussion during the meeting and also highlighted a historic decision in which the government would purchase all unhusked rice, rice and corn produced by farmers.
“Unhusked rice and corn produced by farmers will be accommodated at the prices set by the government,” he affirmed.
He remarked that the farmers’ harvests would be stored in warehouses owned by the state-run logistics company Bulog, primary cooperatives, and warehouses implementing a warehouse receipt system.
