# Indonesia’s Rice Import Halt Pushes Down Global Prices: Food Minister | INP | Indonesian National Police

> Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs said the country's decision to stop importing rice helped push global prices down from around $650/t to below $400/t. Indonesia recorded a 4.7 million ton production surplus in 2025 and Bulog stocks reached 3.7 million tons.

- Date: 2025-12-17 · published 2025-12-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Indonesia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21595-indonesia-s-rice-import-halt-pushes-down-global-prices-food-minister-inp
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Removing Indonesia as a major rice buyer removes a large source of import demand, keeping global rice prices under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2025-01-30 | [Weak international export demand drives Platts Asian rice prices lower \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26580-weak-international-export-demand-drives-platts-asian-rice-prices-lower-s-and-p.md) | -4.5% | -6.0% |
| RICE | 2025-08-16 | [Vietnam rice prices face steeper drop as Philippines halts imports - VnExpress International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11819-vietnam-rice-prices-face-steeper-drop-as-philippines-halts-imports-vnexpress.md) | -9.3% | -9.2% |
| RICE | 2026-05-05 | [Indian non-basmati rice prices fall to multiyear low amid Africa policy disruption, new crop arrivals \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19305-indian-non-basmati-rice-prices-fall-to-multiyear-low-amid-africa-policy.md) | +4.6% | +11.3% |
| RICE | 2026-08-26 | [INTERVIEW: China import suspension drives India rice export concerns: TREACG \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17886-interview-china-import-suspension-drives-india-rice-export-concerns-treacg-s.md) | +6.5% | +13.4% |
| RICE | 2025-10-08 | [Rice prices hit six-year low as global glut prompts import curbs \| Cropli](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22484-rice-prices-hit-six-year-low-as-global-glut-prompts-import-curbs-cropli.md) | -1.5% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- inp.polri.go.id: https://inp.polri.go.id/artikel/indonesias-rice-import-halt-pushes-down-global-prices-food-minister

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