BANYUWANGI – The price of a number of kitchen spices needed at the Banyuwangi Traditional Market has been observed to have increased since the last two weeks.
Reported from beritajatimcom, the price of large red chilies for example, currently reaching Rp 64 thousand per kilo. Meanwhile, cayenne pepper is sold for Rp 60 thousand per kilo.
even though, Previously, the price of the two commodities was still around Rp 20 – 24 thousand per kilogram in December 2019 then.
“Increase due to no stock, plus the rainy season many lombok die,” Tiara said, traders in the local market, Saturday (18/1/2020).
Besides that, Another price that was observed to have increased was the type of onion. The price of shallots and garlic is sold at Rp 30 – 32 thousand per kilogram.
“There is also an increase because the onion-producing areas are also in the rainy season, so hard to get stock,” he added.
This condition makes a number of consumers have to rack their brains to get around the price. One of them is by reducing the number of purchases.
“Yes, it goes up 100 percent, should be able to get a kilo now only half. So I had to buy half a kilo of chili peppers, the rest can be used for other purchases,” he concluded.
