These 10 Cities Recorded the Steepest Drop in Food Prices in September 2022

The bumper harvest of horticultural products such as shallots and chilies in major producing regions up to September 2022 helped to suppress national food prices.

As a result, this decline in food prices was able to mitigate the impact of the subsidized fuel price increase announced by the government in early September.

Based on data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), the consumer price index (CPI) for the food, beverages, and tobacco expenditure group (food sub-index) fell 0.57% to 116.11 in September 2022 from the previous month (month-on-month/mom). This means that national food prices experienced a monthly deflation of 0.57% (mom).

Ambon City experienced the sharpest decline in food prices, at 4.69% (mom) in September 2022. This was followed by Kendari City with a 4.18% (mom) decrease, Luwuk with a 4.16% (mom) decrease, Bau-Bau City with a 3.33% (mom) decrease, and Timika with a 3.17% (mom) decrease.

Following these were Merauke with a 3.16% (mom) decrease in food prices, Singaraja with a 2.8% (mom) decrease, Gorontalo City with a 2.78% (mom) decrease, Jambi City with a 2.7% (mom) decrease, and Kotamobagu City with a 2.54% (mom) decrease.

Here is the monthly inflation/deflation of the national food, beverage, and tobacco expenditure group as of September 2022:

- Food, Beverages, and Tobacco: -0.30% (mom)
* Food: -0.57% (mom)
* Alcoholic Beverages: 0.37% (mom)
* Non-Alcoholic Beverages: 0.36% (mom)
* Cigarettes and Tobacco: 1.13% (mom)