Indonesian Market report 27 june - 2 july 2011

Production of Gambier had still not picked up this week. Collection markets where without much sellers.
Lumpang and count grades where of high demand.

Officers from the Government of Padang , Ministry of Agriculture had visited some of the gambier growing villages on Monday 27th june. This was a follow up on some of the local news paper report on studying regarding the less production of the gambier crop.

The price in turn had been in an uptrend. The current local prices had turned up to idr 16000 to idr 17000 per kg.

Starving Gambier Farmers - Local News Paper report

The Local news paper of Padang " The Padang Express" had reported starving of Gambier Farmers

The News Translates like this

Gambier Farmers in the district of "Limapuluh Kota", especially in the sub districts of "Pankalan - Koto Baru" and "kapur ix" are starving. The children also is in the edge of dropping out from schools . This is because of the continuous drop in the prices of gambier. Its the third week of June and still the prices are unclear

" The prices of gambier is sill not clear. Collectors buy at idr 11,000/kg and even in some places less than idr 10,000/kg. There is no fixed price for the farmers. Gambier is becoming a difficult commodity " said Mr.Zarul Kasmi ( Village Head of Pankalan- Koto Bangun)

The former Head of the Village of Lubuk alai Mr.Irman also said " yes farmers in Limapuluh Kota are suffering badly this year. Prices of gambier came down uncontrollably. Prices had reached a level of idr 8000/kg"

Some of the house wives also added " We had to take loans with high interest rate form people for our daily bread and to keep our kids in school"

The Actual News in Indonesian Language is below

 

Petani Terancam Kelaparan

Harga Gambir Turun Terus

Petani gambir di Kecamatan Kapur IX dan Pangkalan Koto Baru, Kabupaten Limapuluh Kota, terancam kelaparan. Anak-anak mereka juga terancam putus sekolah dan putus kuliah. Ini terjadi karena harga gambir terus-terusan turun. Bahkan, dalam minggu kedua sampai ketiga bulan Juni 2011, harga gambir semakin tidak jelas.

"Harga gambir sekarang tidak jelas. Ada yang membeli Rp11 ribu perkilogram, ada pula yang membeli kurang dari Rp10 ribu. Tidak ada harga pasti untuk petani. Pokoknya, ekonomi petani gambir benar-benar sedang susah," kata Zarul Kasmi, Wali Nagari Kotobangun, Kecamatan Kapur IX kepada Padang Ekspres (Grup PadangToday), Kamis (16/6).

Tokoh masyarakat Nagari Lubuakalai, Kecamatan Kapur IX, Irman Teddy juga mengungkapkan hal serupa. "Ya, petani gambir di Kapur IX, tahun ini sangat menderita. Harga gambir turun sejadi-jadinya. Bahkan sampai Rp8 ribu perkilogram," ujar mantan wali nagari itu.

Sejumlah istri petani gambir di Nagari Sialang, Kecamatan Kapur IX mengatakan, turunnya harga gambir membuat mereka terpaksa berhutang kepada lintah darat, untuk membeli beras dan menyekolahkan anak-anak.

"Daripado awak indak makan, anak indak sikolah, dialah kami bautang (Ketimbang tidak makan dan anak tidak sekolah, biarlah berhutang)," ujar Eti, 43, dan Ina, 38, ketika ditemui di pasar Muaropaiti, pekan lampau.

Production down by 69.7% @ LimaPuluh Kota

Production drop at Limapuluh Kota
market	production/week in MT		down by
	dec '10	jun '11
gelugur	15	4	73.3%
sialang	35	25	28.6%
durian tinggi	20	3	85.0%
koto bangun	10	1	90.0%
murapeti	35	5	85.7%
lubuk alai	40	15	62.5%
koto lamo	35	15	57.1%
rimbodatar	10	3	70.0%
pankalan	15	4	73.3%
G malintan	25	5	80.0%
Mangilang	15	5	66.7%
Koto alam	10	3	70.0%
Harau	20	5	75.0%
Halaban	7	2	71.4%
Simpang kapas	5	1	80.0%
Talang	8	2	75.0%
Mahat	35	5	85.7%
TOTAL	340	103	69.7%

indonesian market report 20 june to 25 june 2011

The week started with a slight increase in the market. The local prices where ranging from 15500 to 16000. But two three exporters were having more interest in the market and was buying at idr 17000/kg.

Lumpang grades had picked up some demand. Exporters where trying to buy lumpang grades, but till they were not able to cover more than 5MT of lumpang per week. The Local prices of lumpang is idr 16,000/kg
The supply was still very low and is expected to be low in the near future

Indonesian market report 13june to 18 june

This week see some difference in the market. After a long down trend the market had bottomed up and the price in the local market had stabilised at idr 15,000 level. The Production at the Local markets had drastically dropped and the collectors where not able to buy more cargo. Exporters where very calm as they where sticking on to minimum procurement. Export Prices are at USD2250/MT CNF India

"The market went too down and the down trend was for a long time as well, That made a lot of mess in the market. Now I hear  that all the exporters are waiting for July... Ahhhh again bad weeks ahead,,, Riko (collector from suranti)"

Indonesian market report 6th june to 11 june 2011

Market is still down, Even though the farmers selling price touched idr 10,000 the selling price in Padang reaches only 15000/kg - 16000/kg. That is mainly because the excess amount of weight loss buying agents are having. ( as most of the padang exporters had minimized procurement and are buying only dry cargo. as a result the buying agents are drying gambier to its maximum so that their cargo does not get rejected)

IDR 10,000 is the price

The price had touched idr 10,000 a kilo at at limapulah kota markets. Most of the markets in limapuluh kota traded at an average of idr 10,000 for wet gambier.

The Buying agents where too particular to choose good cargo from farmers,

Even though the production was less, the buying agents does not show any interest in buying which in turn press the price down.

Gambier Farmers at Harau are looking for new jobs

Harau Valley is so beautiful,,, nature gifted flora and fona. Beautiful mountains and breath taking waterfalls. People of harau is farmers, The main crop include paddy and gambier.

We had a  chat with one of the Gambier farmer of this region.....

" I am now 47 years, I am doing gambier since I  was 25 years. I had seen ups and downs of gambier. The price was like this before also,,,, but now the price of everything had increased so this is a very low price,,, difficult to survive,,, he (pointing at his coworker) is going to Jakarta to find a new job,,, I hear that lot of other farmers are also changing their jobs,,, most of them going outside the village to find job,,,,,Currently the price of gambier is idr 12,000 for a kg. and idr 6,000 we need to give our land owner. by the balance 6000 how can we three of us share,,, he continues,,,, land owners also are not interested in gambier,, they are planting cocoa, rubber etc now,,, soon i need to also look for a new job"