Pekanbaru - The price of dried areca nut plantation commodities has increased. Now the price of the commodity, every kilogram (kg) is priced at IDR 4,400.
The head of Riau's plantation office, Syahrial Abdi, said that the price of dried areca nut was valid in Kampar Regency, Siak Regency, Kuantan Singingi Regency, Indragiri Hilir Regency and Meranti Islands Regency.
"The price of dried areca nut increased by Rp100 per kg this week so that the price this week is Rp4,400 per kg," said the Head of Plantation, Pekanbaru City, Riau Province on Wednesday (3/4/2024).
Meanwhile, prices for other plantation commodity products in Riau Province, such as granulated coconut in Kuansing, Kampar and Meranti Islands Regencies for this week's period amounted to Rp2,983 per kg or fixed from last week's price.
"For the price of Bokar (People's Rubber Processed Material) both at the farm level and in several Bokar Processing and Marketing Units (UPPB) in the Regency / City at the farmer / club level in Kampar Regency amounted to Rp13,100 - / kg," he explained.
For the price of dry quality copra (100%) in Indragiri Hilir Regency and Meranti Islands Regency amounted to Rp5,525 per kg or fixed from last week's price.
"Wet sago flour is IDR 2,475 per kg, the price applies in Siak Regency, Indragiri Hilir Regency and Meranti Islands Regency, which is fixed from the price last week," he explained.