Today's Food Prices 18 September in South Sumatra: Red Chili Up, Cayenne Pepper Down
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Prices of several food commodities in South Sumatra today were observed lower compared to yesterday.
According to data from the Ministry of Trade's Staple Goods Market Monitoring System (SP2KP Kemendag) as of Friday, 18/9/2026 at 17.17 WIB: out of 17 commodities, 2 increased while 6 decreased in price.
Commodities that recorded price increases are large red chili and curly red chili.
(Read: Global Food Prices Continued Declining Over The Last 4 Months)
Meanwhile, prices for items including broiler chicken meat, red cayenne pepper, premium rice, broiler chicken eggs, and shallots dropped compared to yesterday's prices.
Large red chili saw the highest price gain of IDR 489 (1.05%) to IDR 47,156 per kg. Red cayenne pepper posted the deepest price drop of IDR 333 (0.55%) to IDR 60,211 per kg.
Below is the complete price list for 17 food commodities in South Sumatra from SP2KP Kemendag as of 18 September 2026 at 17.17 WIB:
- Beef Hind Leg: IDR 140,000 per kg (unchanged)
- Red Cayenne Pepper: IDR 60,211 per kg (down 0.55%)
- Curly Red Chili: IDR 48,521 per kg (up 0.09%)
- Large Red Chili: IDR 47,156 per kg (up 1.05%)
- Broiler Chicken Meat: IDR 38,255 per kg (down 0.1%)
- Honan Garlic: IDR 31,917 per kg (down 0.13%)
- Shallots: IDR 31,098 per kg (down 0.5%)
- Broiler Chicken Eggs: IDR 26,088 per kg (down 0.19%)
- Premium Packaged Palm Cooking Oil: IDR 21,088 per liter (unchanged)
- Bulk Palm Cooking Oil: IDR 18,124 per liter (unchanged)
- Bulk Granulated Sugar: IDR 17,588 per kg (unchanged)
- Minyakita Cooking Oil: IDR 15,647 per liter (unchanged)
- Premium Rice: IDR 15,157 per kg (down 0.2%)
- Medium Rice: IDR 13,239 per kg (unchanged)
- Wheat Flour: IDR 12,922 per kg (unchanged)
- Bulog SPHP Rice: IDR 12,329 per kg (unchanged)
- Imported Soybeans: IDR 12,128 per kg (unchanged)
(Read: Ahead Of Ramadan, Food Prices Rise Across Many Regions)
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