date:Jul 26, 2013
depended on domestic output, he said, adding that if production rises by 5 percent as it did in the previous year, then there would be no need to ship in extra supplies.
Indonesia's statistics bureau has forecast that unmilled rice production will be little changed at 69.27 million tonnes, while the agriculture ministry sees output rising 5 percent to 72.1 million tonnes.
Indonesia imported 1.38 million tonnes of rice last year, and usually buys from Vietnam, India and Thailand.
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