Jakarta, May 2 -- Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that rice experienced deflation in April 2024, namely 2.72 percent month-to-month, after earlier recording inflation for eight consecutive months since August 2023.

"It aligns with the increase in rice production, which caused rice inflation to continue to decline and experienced a deflation of 2.72 percent in April 2024 and gave a 0.12 percent deflation contribution," Acting BPS Head Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said here on Thursday.

She noted that the deflation occurred in 28 provinces. Meanwhile, rice prices were relatively stable in one province and experienced inflation in nine other provinces.

The nine provinces are East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Riau I...