Lampung
Province NTP April 2011 for each subsector was recorded at 127.30 for
the Rice & Secondary Crops Subsector (NTP-P), 108.14 for the
Horticulture Subsector (NTP-H), 119.10 for the People's Plantation Crops
Subsector (NTP-Pr ), 106.16 for the Livestock Subsector (NTP-Pt) and
112.45 for the Fisheries Subsector (NTP-Pi). Meanwhile, the
Provincial/Combined NTP was recorded at 119.24.
The
increase in prices in the sub-sector of smallholder plantation crops,
such as the price of rubber, as well as the increase in prices in the
sub-sector of horticultural crops, such as bananas, made Lampung's NTP
increase 0.85 percent compared to the previous month.
If
the NTP per sub-sector in April 2011 is compared with March 2011, it
can be seen that all NTP sub-sectors have increased, the food crops
sub-sector rose 0.37 percent, the horticultural crops sector 0.86
percent, the smallholder plantation crops sub-sector rose 2.57 percent,
the livestock sub-sector rose 0.52 percent, and the fisheries sub-sector
rose 0.20 percent.
Of
the 32 provinces, 23 provinces experienced an increase in NTP and 9
provinces experienced a decrease in NTP. The highest increase in NTP
occurred in South Sumatra Province, namely 1.72 percent, this was
because the price paid by farmers fell by 0.46 percent while the price
received by farmers rose by 1.25 percent. Meanwhile, the largest decline
in NTP occurred in Gorontalo Province, which fell by 0.96 percent, due
to an increase in prices paid by farmers of 0.87 percent while the
prices received by farmers actually fell by 0.10 percent.
April
2011 saw deflation in rural areas in Lampung Province amounting to 0.57
percent. Deflation in rural areas was mainly caused by the decline in
the price index for the foodstuffs group. The decline in the index also
occurred in the foodstuffs and health group, while other groups
experienced an increase in the index.
