North Sumatra Apindo Asks PT Salim Ivomas Pratama To Immediately Release Cooking Oil To The Market Regarding The Finding Of 1.1 Million Kg Cooking Oil

A pile of cooking oil belonging to one of the producers located in Deli Serdang Regency was found by the Food Task Force Team of North Sumatra Province./SPECIAL PHOTOS

MEDAN - The Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) of North Sumatra asked PT Salim Ivomas Pratama Tbk (SIMP) to immediately pour cooking oil which was previously suspected of being stockpiled in a warehouse in the Deli Serdang area.

"The businessmen's objections and explanations regarding the cooking oil carried out in Jakarta on Saturday must also be carried out in North Sumatra and the cooking oil should also be quickly released to the market," said the chairman of Apindo North Sumatra, Parlindungan Purba in Medan as reported by Antara, Saturday, February 19.

According to him, the distribution of cooking oil is believed to be slightly hampered because the North Sumatra Food Task Force Team, of course, will also confirm the truth of the case, whether there is an allegation of hoarding or not.

The North Sumatra Food Task Force, continued Parlindungan, of course immediately studied the case, since the findings on Friday, as many as 1.1 million kilograms of cooking oil were allegedly stored in one of the warehouses.

Apindo, he said, appreciated the steps taken by the North Sumatra Food Task Force to monitor the availability of cooking oil to the warehouses of entrepreneurs.

"Findings that initially suspected that there was hoarding of cooking oil showed the North Sumatra Food Task Force was actually carrying out its duties to ensure the availability of cooking oil in the midst of price fluctuations," said Parlindungan, who once served as a member of the DPD RI.

What is certain, he said, must prioritize the interests of the people who still need cooking oil at affordable prices or IDR 14,000 per liter for packaged oil as determined by the government.

Previously reported, a subsidiary of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk, PT Salim Ivomas Pratama Tbk (SIMP) explained that 1.1 million kilograms of cooking oil, equivalent to 80 thousand cartons, is stock for delivery in the next 2-3 days.

The stockpiled stock is claimed to be ready to be distributed, not stockpiled.

All available stock, are orders and ready to be distributed to customers in the next few days.

The company's cooking oil, including those in the Deliserdang warehouse, will be prioritized to meet the cooking oil needs of the instant noodle factories in the group of companies, including those in Deli Serdang.

The rest will be processed into branded cooking oil in various sizes and partly for cooking oil that is distributed to the public.