Inspection On Tropical Cooking Oil Factory Owned By Conglomerate Bachrun Karim In Marunda, North Jakarta, Minister Of Trade: Abundant Stock, Factory Works Non-stop

Minister of Trade, M. Lutfi. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of Trade)

JAKARTA - Following a directive from President Joko Widodo so that cooking oil is immediately available in the market, the Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi went to the field to ensure that cooking oil factories (migor) work hard to provide stock and reach the community. Trade Minister Lutfi made a sudden visit to the Tropical cooking oil factory, PT Bina Karya Prima in the Marunda area, North Jakarta, Monday 14 March.

Not only checking factory operations, the Trade Minister Lutfi also took the time to speak directly to the transport crew who distribute migrants to the public. After reviewing the factory, Trade Minister Lutfi also checked the sales of migrants in markets and sales centers.

From the monitoring at the PT Bina Karya Prima Gudang Ex Hargas (BKP) cooking oil factory in Jakarta, tens of millions of liters of cooking oil are produced non-stop and are ready to be distributed by the producer belonging to the conglomerate Bachrun Karim. The stock is abundant and sufficient to meet the needs of the community.

"The results of monitoring at PT BKP today show abundant cooking oil production. We will also continue to monitor cooking oil production in other factories to ensure the availability of cooking oil so that people can buy according to their daily needs," explained Trade Minister Lutfi.

During the visit, the Minister of Trade Lutfi was accompanied by the Director General of Domestic Trade, Oke Nurwan, and was received by the CEO of PT BKP Fenika Widjaja.

In the period 1-12 March 2022, PT BKP has produced 23.49 million liters of cooking oil. Of this amount, 12.87 million liters were produced at the factory located in Marunda, North Jakarta. The average daily production reaches 1.43 million liters/day. Production is also carried out at a factory located in Gresik, East Java, with 10.62 million liters with an average daily production of 1.18 million liters per day. PT BKP's cooking oil production is carried out non-stop every day (anytime 24/7).

PT BKP CEO Fenika said that the two PT BKP factories located in Marunda were intended to serve the needs of the western region of Indonesia. Meanwhile, the cooking oil factory in Gresik is to serve the needs of eastern Indonesia. From the total production produced and the rest of the previous production, PT BKP has distributed cooking oil to a number of regions in Indonesia in the period 1-12 March 2022 with a total of 26.14 million liters. Its distribution area, continued Fenika, includes the National Modern Market (7, 58 million liters), Greater Jakarta (4.82 million liters), West Java (1.67 million liters), Sumatra 1 namely North Sumatra and West Sumatra (233.39 thousand liters), Sumatra 2 namely Lampung, Sumbagsel, and Jambi ( 478.96 thousand liters), Kalimantan (339.64 thousand liters), Central Java (5.18 million liters), East Java (3.52 million liters), Bali-Nusa Tenggara (1.48 million liters), and Sulawesi (830.43 thousand). The Minister of Trade emphasized that he would continue to monitor the production and distribution of cooking oil.

"According to the President's direction, the Ministry of Trade will continue to monitor the availability and affordability of cooking oil prices for the community until it returns to normal. The Ministry of Trade is also committed to continuing to monitor the production and distribution of cooking oil, both to modern retailers and to people's markets so that people can get cooking oil easily at the end of the day." these days, fasting until Eid," concluded the Trade Minister Lutfi.