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Jakarta –
The tempe and tofu artisans have been on strike for 3 days. The increase in the price of soy as a raw material is the reason. This also creates a shortage of tempe and tofu.
The president of the Indonesian Tofu Producers Cooperatives Association in Tempe (Gakoptindo), Aip Syarifuddin, said that the price of soybeans rose due to the development of the global market. In fact, the need for soybeans in Indonesia is supplied by imported soybeans, so the price follows the global market.
“Well, this increase is due to the soybean trade with the free trade system in the world. Therefore, Indonesia cannot sustain it,” Aip said when contacted by detik.com on Saturday (2/1/2021) .
The price of soybeans has seen a drastic increase during the Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic. Normally the price of soybeans is in the range of Rs 6,100-6,500 per kilogram (kg), now it has risen to around Rs 9,500 / kg.
Meanwhile, soy imports are unstoppable for Indonesia. Only from the beginning of the year to October 2020, according to BPS data cited on Sunday (3/1/2021), Indonesia has imported 2.11 tons of soybeans with a total transaction of 842 million dollars or about 11.7 trillion rupees (exchange rate 14,000 IDR).
Of these, the countries that export the most soybeans to Indonesia are the United States (US), Canada, Malaysia, Argentina and France.
During January-October 2020, US soybean imports to Indonesia totaled 1.92 million tonnes with a transaction value of US $ 762 million or around Rs 10.6 trillion.
During the last three years, soybean imports have continued to increase. In 2018, soybean imports reached 2.58 million tons, then the number increased in 2019 to 2.67 million tons. During that time, the United States was the country with the largest soybean supply in Indonesia.
On the other hand, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Commerce, Suhanto, previously explained that the increase in soybean prices was caused by the high demand for soybeans from China. The country of bamboo receives the largest import ration from the United States (US) as the world’s largest exporter of soybeans.
In December 2020, Chinese demand for soybeans doubled, from 15 million tons to 30 million tons. This has led to a reduction in containers at several US ports, such as Los Angeles, Long Beach and Savannah, leading to supply constraints for other soy-importing countries, including Indonesia.
“Therefore, it is necessary to anticipate the supply of soybeans by importers because the current stock cannot be increased immediately due to the world price and limited shipping conditions. The psychological price adjustment is expected to have an impact on prices at the importer level in December 2020 for the next few months, “he added. Suhanto said on December 31 last.
(dna / dna)
