2016: Indonesia Still Imported 1.2 Million Tons of Rice

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11/01/2017 10:21 WIB

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It turns out that Indonesia still imported rice in 2016. The Central Bureau of Statistics, in its Monthly Socio-Economic Data Report, stated that Indonesia's rice imports up to November 2016 reached 1.2 million tons with a CIF value of US$495.12 million, or approximately Rp 6.6 trillion at an exchange rate of Rp 13,300 per US dollar. The volume of rice imports in 2016 was even the highest since 2013.

Indonesia's rice imports showed an increasing trend from 2013 to 2016. Rice imports from January to November 2016 increased by 38.97 percent compared to 2015. In 2000, Indonesia's imports reached 4.75 million tons, the highest in the last 16 years.

However, on several occasions, Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman denied the continued import of rice, claiming that Indonesia had achieved rice self-sufficiency in 2016. At the 2017 National Working Meeting on Agricultural Development on January 5th, President Joko Widodo expressed his appreciation to the Minister of Agriculture for successfully increasing national rice production, thus eliminating the need for rice imports.

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