South Tangerang Deputy Mayor Pilar accompanies RI Deputy Trade Minister to Ciputat Market to ensure stock remains secure and prices stable

South Tangerang Deputy Mayor Pilar Saga Ichsan accompanied the Deputy Minister of Trade (Wamendag) Republic of Indonesia (RI) Dyah Roro Esti to monitor the prices of essential commodities at Pasar Ciputat on Friday (6 March 2026). The visit was conducted to ensure price stability and the availability of food supplies ahead of Eid al-Fitr. Roro said that field monitoring is an important step for the government to see directly the price trends of commodities ahead of religious holidays. ‘Today we are at Pasar Ciputat, so this is one of the market specialities in this area, particularly in Tangsel, and today we are conducting price monitoring ahead of the major days, going down to the field to see how prices for several essential goods are trending,’ she said. From the monitoring results, the price of subsidised cooking oil Minyakita at Pasar Ciputat remains in line with the Retail Price Ceiling (HET) of Rp15,700 per litre. However, she admitted that there are several commodities that have risen in price, one of which is bird’s eye chilli which has risen quite sharply. According to her, the reference price for bird’s eye chilli is around Rp57,000 per kilogram, but on the ground prices were found to reach around Rp107,000 per kilogram. ‘So indeed, in terms of demand from the public, it is increasing ahead of the major days, this is a trend that occurs every year. In addition, the weather that is often rainy also affects production,’ she explained. In addition to chilli, onion prices have also risen slightly from around Rp38,000 to Rp40,000 per kilogram. She added that the central government continues to coordinate with the National Food Agency (Bapanas) to ensure smooth distribution of food and that stock of essential goods remains safe. ‘If the results of our monitoring show, in fact the stock is safe and sufficient, we just need to strengthen the distribution,’ she concluded.