The Farmers Exchange Rate (NTP) of West Sulawesi in January 2010 was 105.80, down 0.89 percent compared to the NTP in December 2009 which reached 106.75. In addition, FTT according to the subsector was recorded 94.13 for the Food Crop Subsector (FTT-P); 86.18 for the Horticultural Subsector (NTP-H); 130,57 for the People's Plantation Plant Subsector (NTP-R); 109.95 for the Livestock Subsector (NTP-T) and 106.40 for the Fisheries Subsector (NTN).
The results of monitoring of rural consumer prices show that rural inflation in West Sulawesi in January 2010 was 0.75 percent, which is generally due to an increase in the price index in six of the seven expenditure groups, which is quite significant, namely the processed food group by 1.48 percent. One other group experienced rural deflation, namely the housing group 0.09 percent.
Compared to other provinces, West Sulawesi is one of the 31 provinces that experienced inflation in rural areas, the highest occurred in East Nusa Tenggara by 1.86 percent and the lowest in Gorontalo by 0.14 percent. Meanwhile, only one province experienced rural deflation, Riau 0.53 percent.
For the national scale, the NTP in January 2010 was 101.19, while the rural inflation was 1.12 Percent. The NTP of West Sulawesi is still higher than the national level, while the Rural Inflation of West Sulawesi is lower than the national level. Farmer Exchange Rate (NTP) obtained from the comparison of the price index received by farmers against the price index paid by farmers, is one indicator to see the level of ability / purchasing power of farmers. NTP also shows the exchange power (term of trade) of agricultural products with goods and services consumed as well as for production costs. The higher the FTT, the relatively stronger the level of farmers' ability / purchasing power.
The results of monitoring the prices of producers of various commodity goods and services in rural areas showed that the West Sulawesi NTP in January 2010 was 105.80 or decreased by 0.89 percent compared to the NTP in December 2009 which was 106.75. This is due to changes in the price index received by farmers fell 0.30 percent, while the index paid by farmers rose 0.59 percent. Means, in general the increase in the price of agricultural commodities from the previous month is slower than the increase in prices of goods for consumption and production. As a result, the comparison between the price index received and the price index paid by farmers tends to be lower.
