Prices of basic goods to rise within two weeks<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Producers will increase the price of basic
\ncommodities by up to 20 percent within two weeks as a consequence
\nof the hike in industrial fuel prices on April 1, said vendors at
\nthe Kramatjati prime market, the Cipinang prime rice market and
\nthe Jatinegara market on Monday.<\/p>\n
\"We have two more weeks to buy basic commodities before the
\nproducers increase their prices,\" Hendra, 38, a vendor at the
\nKramatjati prime market, said.<\/p>\n
He said since April 1 there had not been any significant hike
\nof basic commodity prices because the producers had increased
\nprices weeks before the fuel price hike was imposed.<\/p>\n
He stated that the price of standard rice has just risen from
\nRp 1,800 to Rp 2,000 per liter, while sugar has also risen from
\nRp 3,200 to Rp 3,750 per kilogram.<\/p>\n
Cooking oil has risen from Rp 2,800 to Rp 3,400 per kilogram,
\nwhile wheat flour has also risen from Rp 2,400 to 2,700 per
\nkilogram. Meanwhile, milk has increased from Rp 4,200 to 4,500
\nper tin and soap has also risen by up to 12 percent. Only salt
\nremains stable.<\/p>\n
The price of vegetables and cooking spices has yet to show any
\nsignificant increase.<\/p>\n
\"Vegetable prices always fluctuate as they depend on the
\nsupply and the stock. If the supply from areas outside Jakarta is
\nincreased, prices will automatically drop because vegetables are
\nperishable,\" Enden Hop, a vegetable vendor at the Kramatjati
\nmarket told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Aji Chandra, 29, who runs a cooking spices kiosk at the prime
\nmarket said the price of spices was relatively stable, except for
\ngarlic.<\/p>\n
\"Garlic prices will always follow the U.S. dollar because most
\ngarlic is imported,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Sumiati, 49, a chicken vendor at the prime market said chicken
\nprices had just risen from Rp 8,200 to Rp 10,000 per bird. Beef
\nprices have also risen slightly from Rp 27,00 to Rp 28,000 per
\nkilogram.<\/p>\n
Separately, Sihite, a basic commodities vendor at the Cipinang
\nprime rice market said prices had risen before the new fuel price
\nwas imposed on April 1.<\/p>\n
\"But I have also been informed by producers that there would
\nbe another price hike within two weeks,\" she said.<\/p>\n
She said she had bought in a huge stock of basic commodities,
\nhoping that she would receive double profits after the new hike
\ncomes into effect.<\/p>\n
She said that sugar was Rp 3,800 per kilogram, while cooking
\noil was Rp 3,400 per kilogram. Chicken eggs are Rp 6,500 per
\nkilogram while wheat flour is Rp 2,500 per kilogram at the
\nmarket. Soap and salt prices remained stable at her kiosk.<\/p>\n
Another basic commodities vendor, Daud Malik, at the
\nJatinegara market told the Post that as of this week, he had
\nnoted a 3 percent hike in milk prices, 10 percent in cooking oil,
\n5 percent in ketchup and 12 percent in shampoo.<\/p>\n
He said the prices of soap, wheat flour, sugar, instant
\nnoodles, tea and coffee remained stable at his shop.<\/p>\n
\"There have yet to be price increases for some commodities,\"
\nhe said, adding that he had also been informed by producers that
\nthere would be another hike within two weeks.<\/p>\n
Shoppers at the Jatinegara market said vendors had told them
\nabout the planned price hike of basic commodities within two
\nweeks.<\/p>\n
\"This is what (President) Abdurrahman Wahid's administration
\nhas given to us. Prices continue to rise to cover his trips
\nabroad,\" said a shopper who wished to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n
Diana, a shopper at the Cipinang prime market, said she had
\njust bought a chicken at Rp 12,500 per kilogram, compared with Rp
\n11,000 last week. (01)<\/p>",
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