KOPRA PRICES CONTINUE TO MEROSOT

Petani checked the newly released copra of the drying kitchen in the East Bantan Village, Bengkalis Regency, Riau, Wednesday (19/9). Local kopra maps complain the selling price of domestic dry kopra since the last eight months continues to rob from the price of Rp12,000 per kilogram to Rp5.250 per kilogram. The farmers hope that the government reaffirms Bengkalis-Malaysia cross-border trading activities due to the copra prices in the State of Jiran tends to be more stable. ANTARA PHOTO/Aswaddy Hamid/kye/18