Lampung Province NTP April 2012 for each subsector was recorded at 134.66 for the Rice & Secondary Crops Subsector (NTP-P), 111.54 for the Horticulture Subsector (NTP-H), 127.57 for the People's Plantation Crops Subsector (NTP-Pr ), 105.58 for the Livestock Subsector (NTP-Pt) and 114.06 for the Fisheries Subsector (NTP-Pi). Meanwhile, the Provincial/Combined NTP was recorded at 124.92.
The increase in prices in the food crop sub-sector, namely corn and cassava, as well as the smallholder plantation sub-sector, such as the price of pepper and palm oil, made Lampung's NTP increase 0.46 percent compared to the previous month.
Compared to March 2012, except for the fisheries sub-sector which experienced an increase in NTP, namely the rice and secondary crops sub-sector which rose 0.72 percent, the horticultural crops sub-sector which rose 0.15 percent, the smallholder plantation crops sub-sector rose 0.33 percent, the livestock rose 0.01 percent. Meanwhile, the fisheries sub-sector fell 0.08 percent.
Of the 32 provinces, 13 provinces experienced an increase in NTP and 19 provinces experienced a decrease in NTP. The highest increase in NTP occurred in East Java Province, namely 0.67 percent, this was because the price paid by farmers increased by 0.25 percent, while the price received by farmers increased by 0.93 percent. Meanwhile, the largest decline in NTP occurred in West Java Province, which fell by 0.60 percent, because the price paid by farmers increased by 0.14 percent while the price received by farmers actually fell by 0.46 percent.
April 2012 saw inflation in rural areas in Lampung Province amounting to 0.25 percent. Inflation in rural areas was mainly caused by rising price indexes in the processed food and housing groups, as well as rising indices in other groups
