September 2017, Farmers Term of Trade reached 96.41 or increased 2.16 percent

The Farmers Exchange Rate of South Sumatra Province in September 2017 was recorded at 96.41, an increase of 2.16 percent compared to the previous month's FTT, this increase in FTT was influenced by an increase in the Farmer Received Price Index (IT) of 1.78 percent, which was also followed with a decrease in the Farmer Paid Price Index (Ib) of 0.37 percent. In September 2017 the increase in FTT occurred in the food crops sub-sector 2.48 percent, community plantation crops 3.65 percent, fisheries 1.37 percent, capture fisheries 1.33 percent and aquaculture fisheries 1.41 percent. And the decrease in FTT occurred in the horticulture subsector 0.76 percent, and livestock 0.54 percent.