Bapanas Circular Allows Up to Rp1.5 Billion Fines for Food Price Violations
The National Food Agency has issued Circular Letter No. 456/2026 on sanctions for violations of food price floors, ceiling prices and SPHP prices. Administrative sanctions range up to license revocation, with criminal penalties of up to seven years in prison.
The Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) issued Circular Letter No. 456 of 2026 on sanctions for violations of price floors, ceiling prices and SPHP staple food prices on 10 November 2026. The letter was signed by Deputy Hermawan on behalf of Bapanas Head Amran Sulaiman.
The circular covers 19 staple food commodities, including rice, cooking oil, eggs, chicken meat, corn and granulated sugar, as well as broiler day-old chicks priced at Rp6,500–7,000 per bird. Administrative sanctions range from written warnings, fines, license revocation and food withdrawal, to criminal penalties of up to seven years in prison and a fine of Rp1.5 billion. As a reference, the ceiling price for medium rice is Rp13,500 per kilogram in zone 1, where SPHP rice is set at Rp12,500 per kilogram.
Supervision is assigned to the Bapanas head, governors, regents and mayors, joined by the National Police and the Indonesian Military, who must report indications of criminal conduct to law enforcement. The circular is addressed to Perpadi, Bulog, RPK, village cooperatives and distributor downlines, with socialization starting the same day.