Analisis Fluktuasi Harga dan Integrasi Pasar Vertikal Bawang Merah Kabupaten Brebes

Brebes Regency is one of the districts produce most of shallot in the Central Java Province. In 2018, 3.386.832 quintals or 69,86% from total production shallot in Central Java Province produced by Brebes Regency. This study aims to know how is the behavior of price at the producer market and consumers, how the fluctuations of price at the producer market level in Brebes Regency is, consumer in the Pasar Beringharjo, and consumer market level in Brebes Regency, and how the vertical integration of shallot at the producer level in Brebes Regency and consumers in the Pasar Beringharjo, and how the vertical integration of shallot at the producer level in Brebes Regency and consumer level in Brebes Regency. The results showed that the behavior of shallots prices in the producer and consumers market shows the same pattern. The second result, fluctuations of shallot prices in the producer market and consumer markets is fluctuate because it has KV value >9. The third result, vertical integration between the producer level in Brebes Regency and consumers in the Pasar Beringharjo showed the IMC value greater than 1, which is equal to 13,694 that means the market is not integrated in the short term and β2 value is 0,455 that means the integrated market is weak in the long term. The fourth result, vertical integration between the producer level in Brebes Regency and consumers in Brebes Regency showed the IMC value greater than 1, which is equal to 5,828 that means the integrated market is weak in the short term and β2 value is 0,385 that means the integrated market is weak in the long term. These conditions indicate that the consumer market less transmitted strategies and prices quickly.