Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government has decided to import another 250,000 tons of sugar to anticipate a possible deficit in national sugar stocks due to the belated arrival of the 2007 milling season, an official report said.
To that end, the government had licenced a number of state plantation companies to import sugar. PTPN IX company would import 45,000 tons, PTPN X 55,000 tons, PTPN XI 55,000 tons, PT RNI 45,000 tons and PT PPI 50,000 tons, the Trade Ministry said in a press release issued on Friday.
The decision to import sugar was made at the recommendation of the Indonesian Sugar Council (DGI) on January 22 after the council had assessed the national white crystal sugar stocks and the estimate of sugar production and consumption until May 2007, it said.
The imported sugar must enter Indonesia on April 30 at the latest via 31 ports with the distribution of the commodity to be adjusted to the relevant or nearby provinces` needs, it said.
It said 34,000 tons of the imported sugar would go to Jakarta, 33,500 tons to North Sumatra, 25,000 tons to West Java, 25,000 tons to East Java, 15,000 tons to Central Java, 15,000 tons to South Sulawesi, 14,000 tons to Banten, and 8,000 tons to West Kalimantan.
Aceh, Yogyakarta, and South Kalimantan would receive 6,000 tons each, Riau Islands, South Sumatra and North Sulawesi (5,000 tons each, West Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, Southeast Sulawesi and Papua 4,000 tons each, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, and Central Sulawesi 3,500 tons each, Lampung and Bali 2,500 tons each) Bengkulu, West Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Gorontalo 2,000 tons each, Bangka Belitung and East Nusa Tenggara 1,500 tons each and North Maluku 1,000 tons.
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