Palm Oil Entrepreneur, Erick Thohir Quips: Don't Be A Foreigner In Indonesia

Erick Thohir/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, Erick Thohir, quipped that entrepreneurs who had been taking advantage of controlling oil palm plantations in Indonesia not to become foreigners in Indonesia. This statement addresses the cooking oil problem that has occurred recently. Erick explained that BUMN, in this case PTPN, only owns 4 percent of the land area for crude palm oil or crude palm oil (CPO). So that it is not strong enough to control market prices. "Then together we can collect 7 percent from farmers, so that the majority of the rest is in the private sector," he said in an official statement, quoted on Sunday, April 10. Because of that, Erick said that from the start he knocked The door to the hearts of private companies, especially those that produce cooking oil, to work together to solve the cooking oil problem that occurs in the community. "If SOEs only have 4 percent to make changes to a quarter of their production, which previously we didn't produce cooking oil, and now we do a quarter. from its production for the people," he said. Erick also reminded the private sector to be fully committed to providing cooking oil to the people. He emphasized that the private sector as the largest cooking oil producer in Indonesia should be responsible for solving the cooking oil problem. Moreover, large oil palm entrepreneurs own plantations that are legally located on state land through a Hak Guna Usaha (HGU) scheme. since the beginning of a few months ago I knocked on the door of private hearts," he said.

Erick also invited the private sector to work together with SOEs, the central government, and local governments to solve the cooking oil problem in the country that has occurred since the end of 2021. the Economy), Mr. Trade Minister (Minister of Trade). It's just a matter of going back to his heart whether we want or not to do this together, let's go back together," he said.