Lampung Province NTP September 2011 for each subsector was recorded at 134.02 for the Rice & Secondary Crops Subsector (NTP-P), 109.65 for the Horticulture Subsector (NTP-H), 124.34 for the People's Plantation Crops Subsector (NTP-Pr ), 105.34 for the Livestock Subsector (NTP-Pt) and 114.79 for the Fisheries Subsector (NTP-Pi). Meanwhile, the Provincial/Combined NTP was recorded at 123.70.
The increase in prices in the food crop sub-sector, such as the price of cassava and corn, as well as the increase in prices in the fisheries sub-sector, such as mackerel, caused Lampung's NTP to increase by 0.26 percent because the increase in prices of goods and services was not higher than the prices received by farmers.
If the NTP per subsector in September 2011 is compared with August 2011, it can be seen that four NTP subsectors have increased, namely the food crops subsector rose 0.48 percent, the horticultural crops subsector rose 0.15 percent, the smallholder plantation crops subsector rose 0.16 percent and the fisheries sub-sector rose 0.54 percent. Meanwhile, sub-sectors experienced a decline, namely the fisheries sub-sector which fell 0.69 percent.
Of the 32 provinces, 22 provinces experienced an increase in NTP and 10 provinces experienced a decrease in NTP. The highest increase in NTP occurred in Bangka Belitung Province, namely 0.69 percent, this was because the price paid by farmers increased by 0.33 percent, while the price received by farmers increased by 1.02 percent. Meanwhile, the largest decline in NTP occurred in Central Kalimantan Province, which fell by 0.47 percent, due to an increase in prices paid by farmers of 0.43 percent while the prices received by farmers fell by 0.05 percent.
September 2011 saw inflation in rural areas in Lampung Province amounting to 0.37 percent. Inflation in rural areas was mainly caused by an increase in the price index in the foodstuffs group, and was supported by an increase in indices in other groups except the transportation and communications group.
