Ministry Of Trade Asks Entrepreneurs Not To Boycott Cooking Oil Sales In Modern Retail

Cooking oil (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) has asked retail entrepreneurs who are members of the Indonesian retail entrepreneurs association (Aprindo) not to boycott the sale of cooking oil in modern retailers.

For your information, the request came after Aprindo planned to boycott the sale of cooking oil in modern retail. This is because the government has not paid Rp344 billion in cooking oil debts or raffics.

The Director General of Domestic Trade at the Ministry of Trade, Isy Karim, said that his party would summon Aprindo next week. Therefore, his party requested that the plan to boycott the sale of cooking oil not be carried out.

"We urge our friends in Aprindo members not to boycott the sale of cooking oil in modern retail," he said at the Ministry of Trade Office, Jakarta, Thursday, April 27.

Isy said that currently his party is still waiting for legal opinion from the Attorney General's Office regarding the payment of the debt for the cooking oil reaction.

"We are still coordinating further with AGO friends because some data is still needed by the AGO from the requested request, there are several things we need to convey," said Isy.

Furthermore, Isy revealed why the difference in the payment of the cooking oil policy was late in paying to entrepreneurs. The reason is because there are problems related to settlements in independent auctions and surveyors.

"The completion of this independent Surveyor exceeds the deadline. So that at that time there was a failed auction because the appointment of the surveyor had to go through an auction, it could not be directly appointed. The auction process failed at that time so it was rescheduled," he explained.

However, continued Isy, not long after, there was a government decision to revoke Permendag Number 3 of 2022 concerning January 18, 2022.

As a result of the withdrawal of the regulation, the government has concerns about the legal aspect. Therefore, Isy said the legal opinion from the Attorney General's Office regarding the payment of the debt was needed.