Indonesia's Daily Food Prices: Salt Up, Red Chilies Down

Prices of several food commodities in Indonesia today are observed to have decreased compared to yesterday.

Citing data from the National Food Agency (Bapanas) price panel on Saturday (5/4/2025) at 11:03 WIB, out of 25 commodities, 3 commodities increased and 21 commodities decreased in price.

Commodities that increased in price are premium rice, pure beef, and table salt.

Meanwhile, the prices of several commodities such as granulated sugar, broiler chicken, fresh buffalo meat (local), red chilies, and shallots decreased compared to yesterday's prices.

Table salt experienced the highest price increase, jumping by Rp48 (0.41%) to Rp11,741 per kg. Meanwhile, large red chilies saw the sharpest price drop, decreasing by Rp3,630 (6.01%) to Rp56,787 per kg.

The following is a complete list of the prices of 25 food commodities in Indonesia according to Bapanas on April 5, 2025, at 11:03 WIB.

1. Fresh Buffalo Meat (Local): Rp140,278 per kg (down 2.29%)
2. Pure Beef: Rp137,967 per kg (up 0.17%)
3. Frozen Buffalo Meat (Import): Rp107,556 per kg (down 0.21%)
4. Red Chili: Rp81,787 per kg (down 5.05%)
5. Curly Red Chili: Rp58,288 per kg (down 5.35%)
6. Large Red Chili: Rp56,787 per kg (down 6.01%)
7. Garlic Bulb: Rp44,602 per kg (down 0.6%)
8. Shallot: Rp43,817 per kg (down 1.94%)
9. Mackerel: Rp41,910 per kg (down 0.23%)
10. Broiler Chicken: Rp37,090 per kg (down 1.02%)
11. Skipjack Tuna: Rp34,606 per kg (down 0.83%)
12. Milkfish: Rp34,131 per kg (down 1.87%)
13. Chicken Eggs: Rp29,480 per kg (down 0.24%)
14. Packaged Cooking Oil: Rp20,560 per liter (down 0.61%)
15. Granulated Sugar: Rp18,566 per kg (down 0.01%)
16. Bulk Cooking Oil: Rp17,825 per liter (down 1.02%)
17. Minyakita (branded cooking oil): Rp17,613 per liter (down 0.18%)
18. Premium Rice: Rp15,590 per kg (up 0.02%)
19. Medium Rice: Rp13,727 per kg (unchanged)
20. Packaged Wheat Flour: Rp12,833 per kg (down 0.85%)
21. SPHP Rice (Government subsidized rice): Rp12,589 per kg (down 0.03%)
22. Table Salt: Rp11,741 per kg (up 0.41%)
23. Dry Soybean (Import): Rp10,619 per kg (down 0.32%)
24. Bulk Wheat Flour: Rp9,750 per kg (down 0.66%)
25. Corn (Farmer Level): Rp6,094 per kg (down 1.39%)