date:Oct 17, 2013
Indonesian expects not to import rice this year as the country has achieved self sufficiency on the commodity, Coordinating Minister for Economy Hatta Rajasa said here on Wednesday.
For rice, we have had self sufficiency, hopefully we will not import it this year, Minister Hatta said after a meeting over how to raise foods production at Coordinating Ministry for Economy.
This Southeast Asia's largest economy is forecast to produce 76 million tons of rice this year, the staple food for most of