TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A ship from India has arrived in Indonesia, carrying 10,000 tons of imported rice. The ship has entered the Belawan Port in North Sumatra and is waiting to dock.
"The ship has reached Lampu Satu in Belawan and waiting to queue to dock," Misbah, the head of North Sumatra's Industry and Commerce Trade Office, said in Medan, Tuesday, March 6.
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He said that the imported rice will be stored in Bulog's North Sumatra warehouse along with the 10,000 tons of imported rice from Thailand that arrived on Feb 24.
The Office hopes that the addition of rice to Bulog's stock will stabilize rice prices in North Sumatera's markets to stay within the range of Rp9,500 to Rp10,000 per kg.
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