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Increasing the price of chicken eggs is very ironic given that the Ministry of Agriculture's data on the availability of chicken egg consumption in 2018 exceeds requirements. 19659004]
Jakarta – The Commercial Competition Control Commission (KPPU) will explore the cause of soaring prices for domestic chicken eggs because the increase is quite ironic if it is considered that Lebaran has ended. Like the price of other basic necessities, egg prices should have gone down.
Kurnia Toha, chairman of the KPPU, said his team will drop the team to check the outbreak of the rising egg prices in the market. "Why still ride, while Lebaran is over.We will send the team to check on the ground," Kurnia said in Jakarta on Tuesday (10/7).
As we know, prices for chicken eggs continue to increase in almost all regions. In Senen Market, in central Jakarta, for example, the price rises to 28,000 rupees per kilogram (kg), while in Karawang, West Java, it reaches 30,000 rupees per kilogram. Normally, the price of eggs is between 20 and 2200 rupees per kilogram
The increase does not occur only in chicken eggs, but also in duck eggs and quails. The Ministry of Commerce (Kemendag) mentioned the increase in the price of eggs due to the high price of raw materials for livestock feed. The high price of food increases the price at the distributor, which affects the price at the merchant.
For Kemendag, the increase of the egg is not a big problem for the increase of basic needs. "This is not a big threat," said the Minister of Commerce, Enggartiasto Lukita
Currently, Indonesian animal feed still depends on imports. This condition is very vulnerable to the depreciation of the rupee against the US dollar. The report of the Association of Feeding Contractors (GPMT) mentions about 35 percent of raw materials of animal origin from imports.
Type imported not only soy flour but also meat and bone meal. The imported components even reach 75% of requirements. The source of the five countries, namely Australia, Brazil, Argentina, the United States and New Zealand.
Responding to this condition, the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) also claimed the price increase of eggs out of Kementan calculations, the consumption of chicken eggs in 2018 exceeds the demand. The Director General of Livestock and Animal Health, I Ketut Diarmita, claimed that the increase in the price of eggs should not occur due to the current will of the chicken and the hen. ;egg. already exported to many countries. "This condition should not happen," said Ketut.
Weak Structure
Meanwhile, India's economist, Bima Yudhistira, acknowledged that the structure of the poultry market in the country was the largest in the world. Indonesia is indeed very weak. According to Bima, the increase in the price of eggs is due not only to distribution problems, but also to the depreciation of the rupiah.
"The government must encourage the increase in the national supply of corn and fodder to reduce import dependency" Bima.
ers / E-10
