Press Release January 4, 2021

In December 2020, the Kepulauan Riau Province Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Batam City and Tanjungpinang City) was 104.68 with an inflation of 1.04 percent. Inflation for the Calendar Year (January to December 2020) and YoY Inflation (December 2020 against December 2019) have the same value, namely 1.18 percent.

The next indicator, Farmers Exchange Rate (NTP) In December 2020, Kepulauan Riau Province NTP was recorded at 101.35 or an increase of 1.69 percent compared to NTP in November 2020.

The number of visits by foreign tourists or foreign tourists to the Kepulauan Riau Province during November 2020 was recorded at 1,769 visits. This means an increase of 138.92 percent compared to the previous month, where in October 2020 there were 740 visits. Meanwhile, when compared to November 2019, there was a decrease of 99.27 percent.

The next indicator is the number of domestic air transport passengers in November 2020 departing from Kepulauan Riau Province as many as 101,588 people or an increase of 10.88 percent from October 2020. Meanwhile, the number of international sea transport passengers departing (embarkation) in November 2020 was 2,754. people were up 33.49 percent from the previous month.

The total rice trade and transportation margin (MPP) in the Kepulauan Riau Province in 2019 was 29.03 percent; red chilies by 71.41 percent; red onion 26.81 percent; and purebred chicken meat by 49.59 percent