Ensure The Provision Of Subsidized Bulk Cooking Oil For The Community And MSMEs, Producers Must Report To The Ministry Of Industry

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Industry continues to monitor the palm cooking oil (MGS) industry to carry out its obligation to provide subsidized bulk cooking oil (MGC) to meet the needs of the community, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

The Director General of Agro Industry at the Ministry of Industry, Putu Juli Ardika, said the government had completely overhauled the policy regarding the supply of bulk cooking oil, from a trade-based policy to an industry-based policy.

Putu said, this industry-based policy was also strengthened by the use of information technology in the form of the Bulk Cooking Oil Information System (SIMIRAH) in the management and supervision of the production of bulk cooking oil distribution.

As is known, the focus on fulfilling the supply of MGS is contained in the Regulation of the Minister of Industry (Permenperin) Number 8 of 2022 concerning the Provision of Bulk Cooking Oil for the Needs of the Community, Micro Enterprises, and Small Businesses in the Financing Framework by the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS).

Putu said that Permenperin 8 of 2022 regulates the business processes of the subsidized bulk cooking oil program, starting from registration, production, distribution, payment of subsidy claims, to prohibitions and supervision.

"With industry-based policies, the government can better regulate raw materials, production and distribution of Bulk MGS, so that the supply is always available at prices according to the Highest Retail Price (HET)," he said in a written statement received by VOI, Thursday, March 31.

Therefore, the Ministry of Industry continues to encourage producers and distributors who carry out their obligation to distribute subsidized bulk cooking oil to report the realization of distribution through SIMIRAH.

Putu said the use of information technology in the supervision and control of production to distribution is intended to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, credibility and accountability of the distribution of bulk cooking oil in a complete manner from the factory to the end consumers, micro and small businesses.

"From the 81 MGS factories in our database, up to now there are 74 registered producers who have obtained the SIINAS Registration Number," he said.

From the Ministry of Industry's monitoring, Putu said, all companies holding the SIINAS Registration Number have produced and allocated Bulk Cooking Oil about twice the national daily requirement.

"All companies that already have a SIINAS Registration Number have produced around 14,000 tons of Bulk Cooking Oil per day. So it's already double the national daily requirement of Bulk Cooking Oil," said Putu.

Not only producers, the industry-based supply policy also requires all distributors who distribute subsidized bulk cooking oil, starting from distributor 1 (D1), Distributor 2 (D2) and distribution lines below to register at SIMIRAH.

All transaction data on sales/delivery of Subsidized Bulk Cooking Oil will be recorded through SIMIRAH so that the flow of Subsidized Bulk Cooking Oil can be tracked in real time.

"So later the producers will be registered with their distributors until information is given to which markets the Bulk Cooking Oil is distributed/sold," he said.

For this reason, the Ministry of Industry will continue to approach producers and all distributors to retailers so that they are registered and actively use SIMIRAH.

"We will continue to provide socialization, technical guidance, and assistance to producers, distributors, and retailers of this Subsidized Bulk Cooking Oil, so that this SIMIRAH is increasingly recognized and used by business actors," said Putu.

Industry can claim subsidy payments to BPDPKS

Putu also said that industries that have produced and distributed Bulk Cooking Oil products can submit a claim for subsidy payments to the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS).

"This claim is made based on the recapitulation of data entered at SIMIRAH to be verified by the Ministry of Industry based on the verified evidence of claims," said Putu.

BPDPKS will replace the difference between the Highest Retail Price (HET) with the Economic Reference Price (HAK) for the verified distribution volume in a certain period. The amount of Bulk Cooking Oil RIGHT for the period 16-31 March 2022 is determined based on the Decree of the President Director of BPDPKS Number 147 of 2022, amounting to IDR 21,034 per kilogram or IDR 18,930 per liter.

Meanwhile, the amount of Bulk Cooking Oil RIGHT for the period 1-30 April 2022 is set at Rp. 21,034 per kg or Rp. 18,930 per liter, which is determined based on the Decree of the President Director of BPDPKS Number 149 of 2022.

"So, HAK is used as a reference for subsidy payments. The amount of subsidy paid is the difference between HAK minus HET. The difference is the figure that will be paid by BPDPKS," said Putu.

The provisions for the delivery price of bulk MGS in the distribution line as stated in Perdirjen Agro Industry No. 1 of 2022, namely the selling price of retailers to consumers is a maximum of Rp. 15,500 per kilogram, the selling price of distributors to retailers is a maximum of Rp. 14,389 per kilogram, and the selling price of factories to distributors. a maximum of IDR 13,333 per kilogram.

"Producers, distributors and retailers must comply with the above delivery price provisions to protect the public and micro and small business actors from getting Bulk MGS according to the HET of Rp. 14,000 per liter or Rp. 15,500 per kg," said Putu.

For your information, the price provisions apply to handover transactions on March 16-31 2022. Meanwhile, special rights for five special provinces namely NTT, Maluku, North Maluku, Papua and West Papua are in principle the same as national rights.

However, there is an additional cost of transportation and means of transportation (in the form of non-returnable jerry cans) of IDR 2,190 per liter in NTT. Meanwhile, for Maluku and North Maluku Rp 2,100 per liter, and for Papua and West Papua Rp 2,550 per liter.

The government has also assigned food SOEs (IdFoods PT. PPI, PT Rajawali Nusindo Indonesia, etc.) to help accelerate the distribution of subsidized bulk MGS in all regions that require additional distributors.