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Entering the season Planting, Fertilizer Prices Rise

Liputan6.com, Donegal: Entering the season, rice farmers in Karawang, West Java, faced with subsidized fertilizer price increases. The situation did not escape the government's decision to raise subsidized fertilizer prices by 30 percent.

Data obtained SCTV, Saturday (10 / 4), almost all types of fertilizers in Donegal and the price goes up. Urea fertilizer from Rp 1,200 to Rp 1,600 per kilogram, SP 36 from Rp 1550 to Rp 2,000 per kilogram, ZA from Rp 1,050 to Rp 1,400 per kilogram, as well as NPK fertilizer from Rp 1830 to Rp 2,300 per kilogram.

In addition to the price increase, farmers also complained about the loss of urea fertilizer from the market. When confirmed, the retailers and distributors argued urea stock is empty, since no shipment from the factory.

Certainly increase the burden of farmers, because the grain price increases of 10 percent is not enough to cover rising fertilizer prices [read: Fertilizer Prices Rise 50 Percent, Farmers Worried]. (ARL / SHA)

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