Wow! The Price Of Cooking Oil Here Reaches IDR 40 Thousand Per Liter!

Illustration (doc. Antara)

REJANG LEBONG - The people of Rejang Lebong Regency, Bengkulu Province, have complained about the high price of cooking oil in the area, which has reached IDR 40,000 per liter.

"Earlier, someone sold cooking oil up to IDR 40,000 per liter. Even though it was expensive, it had to be bought because no one else was selling it. Currently, apart from being expensive, the stock is also scarce," said Yanti (30), a resident of Central Curup District, Rejang Lebong, as reported by Antara, Sunday, March 6.

Yanti explained that the scarcity of cooking oil has caused the selling price to soar, even though previously there were market operations held by the regional government and distributors.

They were forced to buy this cooking oil at an unreasonable price considering that none of the shops in Curup City sold it. if anyone sells it, it can be ascertained that the price is very expensive.

Meanwhile, Rumina (50), an owner of a basic grocery store in the Pasar Atas Curup area, explained that her shop had no stock of oil for the past few days.

"All of the stock has run out, yesterday there were still several boxes but then customers bought them and now there is no supply from distributors," she said.

Previously, Head of Industry, Trade, Cooperatives (Disperindagkop) and UKM Rejang Lebong Upik Zumratul Aini said her party had prepared 7,000 liters of cooking oil to be sold in market operations in a number of locations in the region.

"This market operation aims to prevent the scarcity of cooking oil and prevent regional inflation. The purchase of this cooking oil per person is limited to a maximum of 2 liters per person at a price of IDR 14,000 per liter," she said.

The stock of cooking oil in the area is based on information received by her party, from distributors and Bulog Rejang Lebong, the amount is quite large, but because there are people who make purchases in large quantities or so there is a price increase.