BPS: Medium and Premium Rice Prices Continue to Rise

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that prices of both medium and premium rice continued to rise through the fifth week of July 2026.

Ateng Hartono, Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics at BPS, said the upward trend had been running since February 2026.

“From February through the fifth week of July, rice has consistently seen price increases for both medium and premium varieties. Medium rice rose 0.50 per cent and premium rice rose 0.52 per cent,” Ateng said during the Regional Inflation Coordination Meeting, monitored online in Jakarta on Tuesday.

BPS recorded the national average price of medium rice in the fifth week of July 2026 at Rp14,489 per kilogram, up from Rp14,417 per kilogram in June 2026.

Meanwhile, the average price of premium rice reached Rp16,330 per kilogram, higher than the Rp16,245 per kilogram recorded in June 2026.

“An increasing number of regencies and cities are seeing rice price rises. Last week there were 152, and now there are 155 regencies and cities,” Ateng said.

Langsa City recorded the highest increase in the Price Development Index (IPH), at 6.23 per cent. Increases of around 5 per cent also occurred in Tambrauw Regency, Sarmi Regency, and Kaur Regency.

In addition, Aceh Barat Daya Regency, Maluku Barat Daya Regency, and Serdang Bedagai Regency also recorded rice IPH increases in the range of 4 to 5 per cent.