The Farmers Exchange Rate (NTP) of West Sulawesi in September 2013 was 103.26, an increase of 0.28 percent compared to the August 2013 NTP of 102.97. In addition, FTT according to the subsector was recorded for the Food Crop subsector (FTT-P) 82.44; Horticulture Subsector (NTP-H) 88,70; People's Plantation Plant Subsector (NTP-R) 133.48; Animal Husbandry Subsector (NTP-T) 113.38; and Fisheries Subsector (NTN) 105.69.
The results of monitoring consumer prices in rural areas showed that rural deflation in West Sulawesi in September 2013 was 0.06 percent, which was generally triggered by a decline in the price index of food expenditure groups by 0.43 percent. While six other expenditure groups experienced inflation, where the processed food expenditure group was 0.13 percent, the housing expenditure group was 0.16 percent, the clothing expenditure group was 0.46 percent, the health expenditure group was 0.46 percent, the education, recreation and sports expenditure group body 0.76 percent; and transportation and communication expenditure group 0.62 percent.
Inflation in rural areas occurred in 16 provinces, the highest in West Kalimantan 0.49 percent and the lowest in West Papua 0.01 percent. Meanwhile, deflation occurred in 16 provinces, the highest in Gorontalo -0.50 percent and the lowest in Bali -0.03 percent. West Sulawesi which experienced deflation of 0.06 percent, ranked 13th out of 16 provinces that experienced deflation.
For the national scale, the September 2013 NTP was 104.56 and experienced rural inflation of 0.08 percent.
