Today's Food Price Monday (7/21): Premium Rice Soars Above HET

The Shiro Copr , JAKARTA — Average price premium rice At the consumer level, prices are monitored to exceed the maximum retail price (HET) on Monday (21/7/2025).

Referring to the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Price Panel at 08.29 WIB, the average price of premium rice at the consumer level reached Rp16,088 per kilogram nationwide. Yet, the national HET (Harga Eceran Terendah) for premium rice is set at Rp14,900 per kilogram.

Even, premium rice has increased in every zone. For example, in zone 1, the price of premium rice is Rp15,283 per kilogram, or an increase of 2.57% from the zone 1 HET of Rp14,900 per kilogram.

Similarly, zone 2 experienced an increase of 7.82% from the HET of Rp15,400 per kilogram. In this area, the price of premium rice reached Rp16,605 per kilogram.

Meanwhile, the highest increase in premium rice prices occurred in zone 3. The Bapanas Panel showed that the price of premium rice in zone 3 increased by 16.08% from the HET of Rp15,800 per kilogram to Rp18,340 per kilogram.

The price increase also occurred in medium rice, whose national average reached Rp14,301 per kilogram. Its price exceeded the national HET (Harga Eceran Terendah) which should be at Rp12,500 per kilogram, meaning an increase of 14.41%.

On the other hand, the price of rice under the State Rice Supply and Price Stabilization (SPHP) program by Bulog has started to exceed the HET or is sold at Rp12,538 per kilogram at the consumer level. The national HET for SPHP rice should be at Rp12,500 per kilogram.

Switching to other food commodities, the average price of packaged cooking oil and crude cooking oil is respectively Rp20,457 per liter and Rp17,175 per liter. On the other hand, the average national price of Minyakita is Rp17,478 per liter, which is still higher than the HET at Rp15,700 per liter.

For various chili peppers, the average price of red bird's eye chili at the consumer level is Rp62,246 per kilogram. Its price exceeds the national sales reference price (HAP) range of Rp40,000–Rp57,000 per kilogram.

For curled red chili, the average price is Rp43,308 per kilogram or within the HAP range of Rp37,000–Rp55,000 per kilogram, while the average price for large red chili is Rp42,523 per kilogram at the national consumer level.

Panel Bapanas also shows that the average price of red onions at the consumer level is priced at Rp44,154 per kilogram, or above the HAP range of Rp36,500–Rp41,500 per kilogram. On the other hand, the average price of whole garlic has started to decrease to Rp37,631 per kilogram nationwide.

Still at the consumer level, the average price of chicken meat is sold at Rp35,571 per kilogram or below the national HAP of Rp40,000 per kilogram. Meanwhile, the average price of chicken eggs is set at Rp29,333 per kilogram at the consumer level, or almost approaching the national HAP of Rp30,000 per kilogram.

Then, the average price of pure beef reached Rp134,238 per kilogram or was below the national HAP of Rp140,000 per kilogram. For the average price of local fresh water buffalo meat and imported frozen water buffalo meat respectively Rp140,000 per kilogram and Rp104,524 per kilogram.

For the prices of animal protein-based food, such as mackerel, sardine, and milkfish, their respective average prices are Rp41,809 per kilogram, Rp33,980 per kilogram, and Rp34,780 per kilogram.

Then, the average price of packaged flour and bulk flour is Rp12,649 per kilogram and Rp9,681 per kilogram respectively. The average price of consumer sugar is Rp18,248 per kilogram and the average price of consumer salt is Rp11,741 per kilogram.

The average price of feed corn at the farmer level is Rp6,085 per kilogram, and the average price of imported dry soybeans at the consumer level is Rp10,734 per kilogram.

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