Daily Red Chili Prices at Traditional Markets, January 2024

The latest information from the National Strategic Food Price Information Center panel shows that the daily price of red chilies in Bengkulu Province's traditional markets is recorded at Rp24,900. This price is up Rp200 compared to the previous day.

Over the past month, the daily price of red chilies in traditional markets has decreased from Rp38,750.

Meanwhile, the daily price of red chilies in traditional markets in Bengkulu over the past three months has fallen by 54.77%. According to historical food price records in the PIHPS price panel, the daily price of red chilies in Bengkulu Province's traditional markets was traded at Rp55,050.

The record high for daily red chili prices in the province's traditional markets was previously recorded in August 2023 with an increase of 42.76%, and the lowest decrease was recorded in September 2016 with a decrease of -34.97%.

According to PIHPS monitoring, the prices of nine basic commodities (sembako) today in Bengkulu show three commodities decreased and 19 others increased. The basic commodities with price decreases are Red Chilies, Fresh Layer Eggs, and Chicken Eggs.

The following are the prices of nine basic commodities monitored by PIHPS today compared to the price changes over the past month in Bengkulu Province:

1. Green Bird's Eye Chili per Kg Rp64,950/kg (up 10.18%)
2. Medium Quality II Rice per Kg Rp15,500/kg (unchanged)
3. Cooking Oil per Kg Rp24,150/kg (up 1.05%)
4. Super Quality II Rice per Kg Rp17,600/kg (unchanged)
5. Grade 2 Beef per Kg Rp136,250/kg (up 5.25%)
6. Medium Quality I Rice per Kg Rp16,350/kg (unchanged)
7. Red Chili per Kg Rp59,950/kg (down 3.85%)
8. Grade I Low-Quality Rice per Kg Rp15,300/kg (unchanged)
9. Fresh Layer Eggs per Kg Rp28,850/kg (down 0.69%)
10. Super Quality I Rice per Kg Rp15,350/kg (unchanged)
11. Shallot per Kg Rp50,450/kg (up 11%)
12. Bird's Eye Chili per Kg Rp68,950/kg (up 3.37%)
13. Grade 1 Beef per Kg Rp128,450/kg (up 6.2%)
14. Beef per Kg Rp132,350/kg (up 3.84%)
15. Garlic per Kg Rp53,950/kg (up 2.86%)
16. Premium Quality Sugar per Kg Rp17,500/kg (up 1.74%)
17. Medium-Sized Garlic per Kg Rp53,950/kg (up 5.89%)
18. Grade II Low-Quality Rice per Kg Rp15,100/kg (unchanged)
19. Branded Packaged Cooking Oil 1 per Kg Rp21,950/kg (up 1.39%)
20. Red Bird's Eye Chili per Kg Rp72,950/kg (up 15.89%)
21. Chicken Eggs per Kg Rp28,850/kg (down 2.04%)
22. Fresh Broiler Chicken per Kg Rp43,450/kg (up 2.96%)
23. Chicken Meat per Kg Rp43,450/kg (unchanged)
24. Branded Packaged Cooking Oil 2 per Kg Rp26,300/kg (unchanged)
25. Medium-Sized Shallot per Kg Rp50,450/kg (up 11%)
26. Curly Red Chili per Kg Rp47,450/kg (up 26.7%)
27. Rice per Kg Rp15,850/kg (up 0.32%)
28. Sugar per Kg Rp17,050/kg (up 2.1%)
29. Large Red Chili per Kg Rp72,450/kg (up 16.01%)
30. Local Sugar per Kg Rp16,550/kg (up 2.48%)