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Irregularities in Garlic Import Permit Issuance

Monday, October 30, 2023

Importers complain to the Ombudsman about sluggish garlic permits. There are suspicions of backhanded fees in order to get quotas.

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An illustration of the issuance of garlic import permits. Tempo/Alia I. Hafizah/Intern . tempo : 177324585761.

GARLIC prices continue to increase. Since April, the price of the horticultural commodity has reached Rp31,830 (about US$2.2) per kilogram, up 4 percent compared to the same month in 2022. From month to month, the price refused to go down. Towards the end of October, the price of garlic reached Rp36,550 (US$2.4) per kilogram, a 44 percent increase compared to the same month last year.

The sluggish rupiah against the US dollar is one of the reaso

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Riani S. Putri contributes to this report.

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