MEMBONGKAR PERSOALAN STRUKTURAL TATA NIAGA GARAM RAKYAT

Abstract

This article entitled Deconstructing the Structural Problems of Community’s Salt Trade System studied the problems of how is the portrait of the community’s salt trade system and the core structural problem which is created the chaotic trade system of community’s salt recently. The result shows trade system in community’s salt tended to be out of the governments hands, so that it is thoroughly depended on the trade mechanism. Therefore, the community’s salt become a commodity which was dominated and controlled by capital owners in every level both locally and supra-locally and showed a hegemonic and monopolistic pattern. The capital owners got the maximum profit from salt commodity. In such condition, the salt farmer as the producer of salt raw materials had a very limited access and equity to the trade. Ironically, government as the policy authorities tended to preserve the trade structure. It was proven by the absence of decisive action and sanctions for trader that played the price of community’s salt. Key words: trade system, community’s salt, structural, hegemonic, monopolistic