Padang, W Sumatra Province (ANTARA News) - A total of 6,000 tons of rice imported from Vietnam is expected to arrive in West Sumatra in May 2007.
The imported rice would add the rice stock of the province and would be distributed to among others the poor and disaster`s victims, Head of the Provincial Logistic Board (Bulog) of West Sumatra Anton Samawi said here on Monday.
Up to April 2007, the local Bulog warehouse kept a total of 9,000 tons of rice, which 3,000 tons of them would be allocated for the poor monthly.
"The imported rice will be kept as a stock, and will not be sold to the general public," he said.
To deal with a rice shortage, the Indonesian government has set a target of producing 58.1 million tons of (unhusked) rice this year, and set itself to import another one million tons annually to assure the availability of stocks.
Based on the trade minister`s decree no. 222/M-DAG/3/2007, rice imports have been conducted in the country`s cities such as Jakarta, Batam, and Makassar (South Sulawesi), Kupang (East Nusa Tenggara) and Manado (North Sulawesi), to meet domestic consumption.
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