The Farmers Exchange Rate (NTP) of West Sulawesi in September 2010 was 104.70, down 0.69 percent compared to the August 2010 NTP of 105.43. In addition, FTT according to the subsector was recorded at 90.71 for the Food Crop Subsector (FTT-P); 85.59 for the Horticultural Subsector (NTP-H); 128.85 for the People's Plantation Plant Subsector (NTP-R); 111.89 for the Livestock Subsector (NTP-T) and 106.76 for the Fisheries Subsector (NTN).
The results of monitoring of rural consumer prices show rural inflation in West Sulawesi in September 2010 of 1.01 percent, which is generally due to an increase in price indexes in six expenditure groups, which is quite significant namely the foodstuffs group 1.44 percent, the processed food group 0 , 92 percent, the housing group 0.55 percent, the clothing group 1.30 percent, the health group 0.06 percent, the education, recreation & sports group 0.14 percent. One expenditure group experienced a decrease namely transportation and communication decreased by 0.01 percent.
Inflation in rural areas occurred in 27 provinces including West Sulawesi, the highest in Banten 1.15 percent and the lowest in Bali 0.01 percent.
For the national scale, the NTP in September 2010 was 102.19 and experienced rural inflation of 0.41 Percent. The NTP and rural inflation in West Sulawesi are still higher 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 FTT in September 2010 was 104.70, down 0.69 percent compared to the FTT of August 2010 which was 105.43. This is due to changes in the price index received by farmers rose 0.09 percent while the index paid by farmers rose 0.79 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.
