00:00Indonesia's Food Commodity Imports
00:05According to a survey conducted by BPS,
00:09Indonesia's Food Commodity Imports,
00:11wheat, corn, sugar, and rice imports have increased
00:15from January to August 2024.
00:19In fact, for rice imports,
00:21BPS reported that Indonesia imported 3.05 million tons of rice
00:25from January to August 2024.
00:31BPS reported that Indonesia's Food Commodity Imports
00:36continued to increase.
00:38Recently, BPS reported that wheat, corn, sugar, and rice imports
00:42have increased cumulatively from January to August 2024.
00:47In the BPS report,
00:48the total amount of wheat and corn imports
00:50throughout January to August 2024
00:52reached 8.44 million tons,
00:55worth US$2.56 billion.
00:58The total amount increased by 3.84%
01:01compared to the same period last year.
01:03Meanwhile, the largest importing countries
01:05for wheat and corn commodities
01:07are Australia, worth US$707.39 million,
01:12Canada, worth US$639.71 million,
01:16and Argentina, worth US$373.56 million,
01:19worth 1.32 million tons.
01:24For sugar imports,
01:25for the first eight months of 2024,
01:28it was reported to reach 3.38 million tons,
01:30worth US$2 billion.
01:32The value increased by 5.53%
01:35compared to the same period last year.
01:37Meanwhile, for rice imports,
01:39BPS reported that from January to August 2024
01:42it had reached 3.05 million tons,
01:44worth US$1.91 billion.
01:47The amount increased sharply
01:49up to 121.34%
01:51compared to the same period last year.
01:54The highest rice importing country is Thailand,
01:56with an amount of 1.13 million tons,
01:59worth US$734.78 million.
02:03Then Vietnam,
02:040.87 million tons,
02:06worth US$542.86 million,
02:10and Pakistan,
02:11with an import of 0.46 million tons,
02:13worth US$290.56 million.
02:17The amount of rice imports
02:18is estimated to account for 1.50%
02:21of the total value of non-Indonesian rice imports.
02:24From Jakarta Tim Lipatan, IDX Channel.
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