Deputy Minister Of Trade Jerry Sambuaga Pede RI Wins Against Europe Over Palm Oil Discrimination

Deputy Minister of Trade Jerry Sambuaga. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Trade (Wamendag) Jerry Sambuaga said he was optimistic that Indonesia would win against the dispute over the export ban on crude palm oil (CPO) sent by the European Union.

"And DS 593 from 2020 is now 2024. Thank God the position is good. I can't disclose all the results. But I believe and believe that we will win this demand," he said in CNBC Indonesia Economic Outlook 2024, in Jakarta, Thursday, February 29.

Jerry said the European Union sued Indonesia for going to the World Trade Organization. Not standing still, Jerry said, the Indonesian government was also suing the European Union with case number DS 593.

"They are not pro-environmental reasons. The reason is because we are dangerous for the products," he said.

According to Jerry, based on the smoothing, his party found something different. The problem is that the palm oil products produced by Europe are less competitive with Indonesia.

"It turns out that it's not about the environment. It turns out that about their product, the rapeed sunflower cannot compete with our CPO. Because their price is five times more expensive," he said.

Jerry said the businessmen also took a lobby for the European Union parliament to hinder the entry of Indonesian CPO products.

"They are lobbying the European Union parliament to put pressure on our goods in. That's why we demand the European Union," he explained.