Monday, 3rd March, 2025, the BPS-Statistics Sulawesi Utara Province carried out the release of the Official Statistics News (BRS). The indicators released were the Development of the Consumer Price Index of Sulawesi Utara Province in February 2025, the Development of the Farmer's Exchange Rate of Sulawesi Utara Province in February 2025, the Development of Sea and Air Transportation of Sulawesi Utara Province in January 2025, the Development of Harvested Area and Corn Production of Sulawesi Utara Province in 2024, and the Development of Harvested Area and Rice Production of Sulawesi Utara Province in 2024.
The Press Release was carried out in a hybrid manner via live streaming on YouTube, virtual zoom, and was delivered directly by Aidil Adha as the Head of BPS-Statistics Sulawesi Utara Province.
In his presentation, he explained that in February 2025, the Year-on-Year (y-on-y) deflation of Sulawesi Utara Province was 0.15 percent. The Farmer's Exchange Rate of Sulawesi Utara Province in February 2025 was 124.61 or an increase of 4.14 percent. Sea Transportation passengers arriving and departing experienced a decline. Domestic Air Passengers arriving have decreased and those departing have increased. Foreign Air Passengers arriving and departing have increased. The harvested area for corn kernels reaches 30,190 hectares and the production of dry corn kernels with a water content of 14 percent is 112,772 tons in 2024. Meanwhile, the harvested area for rice reaches 59.12 thousand hectares with rice production of 273.13 thousand tons of dry milled grain (GKG), which if converted into rice for food consumption by the population, then rice production will reach 153.48 thousand tons in 2024.
For more complete explanations and information regarding the release of Official Statistics News, March 3, 2025, #SahabatData please visit the youtube channel of BPS-Statistics Sulawesi Utara Provinceor the website sulut.bps.go.id.
