Food Prices Today August 5 in South Sumatra: Red Chili and Rice Prices Decreased
- A Small
- A Medium
- A Bigger
Prices of several food commodities in South Sumatra are observed lower today compared to yesterday.
According to data from the Ministry of Trade's Basic Needs Market Monitoring System (SP2KP Kemendag) as of Wednesday 5 August 2026, 17:48 WIB: out of 16 commodities, 3 increased while 6 decreased in price.
Commodities that increased: broiler chicken meat, red cayenne pepper, premium rice.
(Read: Indonesia Among Top Global Milled Rice Producers 2025/2026)
Meanwhile, large red chili, shallots, broiler chicken eggs, medium rice, Honan garlic prices dropped from yesterday.
Red cayenne pepper recorded the highest increase of IDR 67 (+0.14%) to IDR 46,956/kg. Shallots saw the sharpest drop of IDR 549 (-1.61%) to IDR 33,647/kg.
Full price list for 16 food commodities in South Sumatra per SP2KP Kemendag 5 Aug 2026 17:48 WIB:
- Beef Hind Quarter: IDR 138,750 / kg (unchanged)
- Red Cayenne Pepper: IDR 46,956 / kg (+0.14%)
- Curly Red Chili: IDR 42,781 / kg (-0.29%)
- Large Red Chili: IDR 40,989 / kg (-0.91%)
- Broiler Chicken Meat: IDR 37,569 / kg (+0.05%)
- Shallots: IDR 33,647 / kg (-1.61%)
- Honan Garlic: IDR 33,188 / kg (-0.19%)
- Broiler Chicken Eggs: IDR 26,010 / kg (-0.07%)
- Premium Packaged Palm Cooking Oil: IDR 21,108 / liter (unchanged)
- Bulk Palm Cooking Oil: IDR 17,958 / liter (unchanged)
- Bulk Granulated Sugar: IDR 17,588 / kg (unchanged)
- Minyakita Cooking Oil: IDR 15,647 / liter (unchanged)
- Premium Rice: IDR 14,699 / kg (+0.1%)
- Medium Rice: IDR 13,003 / kg (-0.22%)
- Wheat Flour: IDR 12,902 / kg (unchanged)
- Imported Soybeans: IDR 12,141 / kg (unchanged)
(Read: Rice Production Share Across 38 Indonesian Provinces in 2025)
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| Name | Value | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflasi yoy (Jul) | 2,88% | -0.46 | |
| Inflasi mom (Jul) | -0,14% | -0.58 | |
| Economic growth | 5,11% | +0.08 | |
| Pertumbuhan ekonomi (yoy) (Q1) | 5,61% | +4.08 | |
| Persentase kemiskinan (Mar) | 8,07% | -0.18 | |
| Gini rasio (Sem2) | 0,38 | 0.00 | |
| Nilai Tukar USDIDR | 17.930 | -0.50 | |
| PDB ADHK (Q1) | 3.447,70 | -0.77 | |
| Neraca perdagangan (Jun) | -450,50 | -72.02 | |
| Ekspor Migas (Jun) | 1,07 | +40.52 | |
| Impor Migas (Jun) | 4,56 | +0.96 | |
| Ekspor (Jun) | 25,46 | +9.72 | |
| Impor (Jun) | 25,91 | +4.41 | |
| Kunjungan Wisman (Mei) | 1,38 | +10.69 | |
| NTP (Jul) | 116,16 | +1.32 |