Wilmar Producers Of Sania And Fortune Cooking Oils Owned By Conglomerate Martua Sitorus Able To Produce 500 Metric Tons Of CPO Per Day In West Kalimantan

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of West Kalimantan, Ria Norsan, said that the polemic of the scarcity of cooking oil (migor) in West Kalimantan has become diverse because it involves many parties.

"I apologize if I am not optimal in providing services to the community. We have to admit, cooking oil distribution involves many parties from distributors, agents to traders and consumers, so that as a result, we have various problems," said Ria Norsan when alluding to the polemic of cooking oil at the opening of the Regional Work Meeting for the 2022 Bangga Kencana Program in West Kalimantan Province in Pontianak, quoted from Antara, Thursday, March 16.

To overcome this, she said, in Pontianak City, especially since Monday, March 14, a cooking oil market operation at low prices has involved many parties. Starting from the local government, producers, and related officials.

She hopes that there will be no queues that are jostling with each other or arguing because of cooking oil in West Kalimantan. The government, she continued, has guaranteed that the supply of cooking oil will not be a problem.

"So mothers, it is better if you buy cooking oil, just enough as needed, not excessive," she said.

In dealing with the need for cooking oil in West Kalimantan, she involves various parties.

"Like Bulog, it can also provide cooking oil at standard prices," she said.

She added that on Monday, March 14, thousands of liters of low-priced cooking oil were prepared for market operations in Pontianak City. This market operation has been carried out since early March 2022 with the hope of being able to meet the needs of the community and maintain price stability ahead of Ramadan and Eid this year.

Moreover, West Kalimantan is one of the producers of crude palm oil (CPO) in Indonesia which is used as raw material for making cooking oil. Based on data from the Department of Industry and Trade and Energy and Mineral Resources of West Kalimantan Province, the need for cooking oil in West Kalimantan is 4,151 tons per month. The basis is the need per capita per month (kg/person) is 0.76.

Cooking oil producer in West Kalimantan, PT Wilmar, is capable of producing 500 metric tons per day or 15,000 metric tons per month.