Data Check: Mahfud Mentions Jokowi's Promise Not to Import Food Commodities if Elected; Here's the Data
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Presidential candidate number three, Mahfud MD, recalled Jokowi's promise not to import food commodities if elected. However, according to Mahfud, this promise was not fulfilled because Indonesia continues to consistently import food commodities.
He made this statement during the fourth series of the 2024 Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debate, themed "Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Environment, Energy, Food, Agrarian, Indigenous Communities and Villages," at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, on Sunday (21/1/2024).
“On February 17, 2019, during the presidential debate, Mr. Jokowi stated that he would not import food commodities if elected president. But (during) four years under Mr. Jokowi's presidency, imports continued, and this has harmed many farmers,” said Mahfud.
According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) as of January 2024, Indonesia's rice imports in 2023 reached 3.06 million tons. This is the highest figure in the last five years, increasing compared to the volume of rice imports in 2022.
"Over the last five years, rice imports in 2023 were the largest," said Pudji Ismartini, Deputy for Distribution and Service Statistics at BPS, in a press conference on the BPS YouTube account, Monday (15/1/2024).
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