Onion Price in Padang Began To Go Down

Padang, (Antaranews Sumbar) - The price of onion at Raya Market Padang, West Sumatra began to fall by Rp8,000 from Rp38,000 per kilogram to Rp30,000 per kilogram.

"Supply from the central area of Solok District starts to be smooth so the price goes down," one of onion traders at Raya Market Padang, Eti (47) stated in Padang on Sunday.

She explained that in the last three weeks, the supply of onion from Alahan Panjang, Solok District has been disturbed, because the commodities are distributed at a high number outside the region such as Java Island.

Although it has fallen to Rp30,000, the price is still far above the normal price at Rp20,000 per kilogram. For that, he hopes the supply will be more smoothly and buyers no longer complain of onion high price.

"Currently there are some traders who sell onion which was supplied from Java, because the stock of the commodity does not normal yet," he said.

Besides, for the price of red chili, it is still stable with the price of Rp28,000 to Rp30,000 per kilogram since the last two weeks.

Green chili prices are also stable at Rp 24,000 per kilogram and Rp50,000 per kilogram for cayenne pepper. "The price of chili is quite stable, because the supply is sufficient and the demand is also not soaring," another trader, Anto T said.

In addition, other staple goods such as broiler has actually increased since last few days, ie from Rp35,000 to Rp40.000 for each.

For vegetable prices such as beans is in Rp6,000 per kilogram, carrots Rp9,000 per kilogram, tomatoes Rp6,000 per kilogram, and purple eggplant is Rp6,000 per kilogram.

Then the price of vegetable such as kangkung is around Rp4,000 per bound, long bean Rp5,000 per bound, and price of potato Rp12,000 per kilogram.

In addition to chili and vegetables, for the price of domestic chicken eggs ranging from Rp1,300 per egg, duck eggs Rp2,200 per egg, and quail egg Rp300 per egg. "For chicken eggs, we usually take them from Pariaman Municipality," one egg trader, Ari remarked.

Other basic materials such as sugar cost Rp12,000 per kilogram, kerosene Rp9,000 per liter. In general, the price is still stable since early 2018. (cha)