Price of onions hits new high

Price of onions hits new high

JAKARTA (JP): Many housewives expressed shock yesterday on
finding the price of onions rising yet again to an amazing new
high.

The price of onions has jumped from about Rp 5,000 (about 63
U.S. cents) per kilo last week to Rp 9,000 per kilo yesterday.

Suryati, a 27-year-old housewife, said when shopping in a
Rawamangun market in East Jakarta that she never imagined the
price of onions would ever reach its current level.

Suryono, a food trader at the same market, said the onion
price had skyrocketed because supplies at the Kramat Jati
wholesale market in East Jakarta were limited, Antara reported.

"The supply is wearing thin," he said, pointing at a wooden
box containing a small amount of onions.

Prices of other foodstuffs were about the same yesterday as
last week, Suryono said.

His price list showed sugar costing Rp 2,200/kg, brown sugar
Rp 3,000/kg, garlic Rp 10,000/kg, wheat flour Rp 1,800/kg, yellow
cooking oil Rp 3,800/kg, clear coking oil Rp 4,200/kg, peanuts Rp
5,000/kg and eggs Rp 5,000/kg. (pan)