Banjarbaru, S Kalimantan (Antaranews Kalsel) - Head of South Kalimantan's Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Diah Utami said the increase in air freight rates, prices of snakehead fish, chicken meat, onion, and gold jewelry were among the causes of inflation in the province by 0.81 percent in January.
South Kalimantan inflation is a combination of Banjarmasin City and Tanjung. She said inflation in Banjarmasin was 0.82 percent, while in Tanjung it reached 0.75 percent.
"The inflation rate in Banjarmasin in 2018 compared to 2019 at 3.17 percent, while the inflation rate in Tanjung in 2018 compared to 2019 at 2.97 percent," she said in Banjarbaru City, Friday
However, she acknowledged, some commodities experienced a decline in prices with the highest share of deflation including gasoline, chicken eggs, garlic, long beans, and wood beams.
Meanwhile, inflation in the Tanjung is influenced by, among others, the price increase of chicken meat, onions, fly fish, spinach and tilapia.
