date:Jul 26, 2013
free up storage for a coming harvest.
Earlier this month, Bulog, which usually maintains rice stocks at between 1.5 million to 2 million tonnes by buying from domestic and regional suppliers, said it could import up to 600,000 tonnes of rice this year. But it also said it was hoping to not have to import rice in 2013.
Our current rice stock at Bulog warehouses is 2.82 million tonnes, Bulog CEO Sutarto Alimoeso told reporters.
It isn't clear if Indonesia will need rice imports this year as it