Indonesia's import of 16505 tons of rice in 2021 was the equivalent of us $11.23 million. It increased by more than double the previous year, but imported rice was neither medium nor premium rice but specially category rice.
 As used for national food supply reserves, the import of this rice consists of gluing rice (the hs 10063030), steamed rice (hs10063091), Mali hom (the 63040) rice with a fraction of 5 percent.
He said the rupiah was expected to strengthen to rp9,100 per dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Tuesday. He said the rupiah was expected to continue to strengthen to rp9,100 per dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market on Tuesday.
Rice importation is indeed permitted by the government as stipulated in the regulation of the minister of the trade no. 01/2018 concerning provisions for rice exports and imports. However, there are several provisions for the import of these staple foods.
In this regulation, the import of rice for general needs or consumption can only be carried out by Perum Bulog after receiving an assignment from the government. Budi Waseso stated that Indonesia's broken rice production is large. However, he regretted the import of this type of rice. "The permit is broken rice for the flour industry, even though we produce a lot of broken rice, but we import it," said Budi.
