Resumen
Indonesia is one of the largest rice producer in the world. As a rice producing country Indonesia still imports rice to meet domestic rice consumption. This is not in accordance with data showing that domestic rice production surplus. With a surplus of rice production the government should be able to meet the needs of domestic rice without the need to import rice. This research aimed to determine the effect of independent variables (rice production, population and gross domestic product) on the dependent variable (rice imports) in both the short and long term.This research uses coherent series data or time series. The analysis model used is the econometric analysis tool error correction model (ECM) and the classical assumptions. This model can explain the behavior of short and long term.The results showed (1) variable production in the short and long term negative and significant impact on Indonesias rice imports. (2) the variables in the short and long term there is no impact on Indonesias rice imports. (3) Variable gross domestic product in the short term there is no effect of the imports in the long term, while gross domestic product has positive and significant impact on Indonesias rice imports.Based on these results it can be concluded that the variables of rice production in the short term a significant effect on rice imports in the long term while the variable production and gross domestic product have a significant effect on rice imports. For the government should protect the domestic rice product so the markets are not fulfilled with imported rice products for example with maximizing the absorption of rice from local farmers, so the market could be dominated by local rice products other than the government and farmers are working together to revitalize the food that the national consumption not rely on any single food such as rice.