Commodity supplies disrupted, prices on rise

JAKARTA (JP): The price of basic commodities in Jakarta is on the rise due to a disruption of supplies and the weakening of the rupiah against the US dollar, according to the Jakarta Market Information Center.

The Jakarta administration's official website BeritaJakarta.com quoted the center's chief, Dameria Saragih, as saying on Friday that the disruption of supplies was caused by the security situation in the capital days before the House of Representatives plenary session on April 30.

According to data from the center, sugar prices in the capital's traditional markets rose by an average of 3.52 percent in the first week of May, with a high of Rp 4,200 per kilo recorded at the Pasar Baru, Pasar Anyar Bahari, Tomang Barat and Pal Meriam markets, and a low of Rp 4,000 a kilo at the Senen, Tanah Abang, Sunter Podomoro and Jatinegara markets.

The price of rice rose between 0.11 percent and 0.17 percent in the first week of the month, with a high of Rp 3,000 a kilo recorded at the Grogol, Pasar Minggu and Melawai markets, and a low of Rp 2,700 at the Pasar Anyar Bahari and Kebayoran Lama markets.

Meanwhile, the rice stock of the Jakarta chapter of the State Logistics Agency stood at 104,205 tons as of April 26.

The price of eggs rose by 0.20 percent, with a high of Rp 6,300 a kilo recorded at Tanah Abang Market, and a low of Rp 6,200 at Pasar Minggu and Kramatjati markets. .OJ ON

Meanwhile, the price of kerosene had been stable at between Rp 550 and Rp 600 a litter.