Guaranteed To Get Subsidies From The Government, Eh Bulk Cooking Oil In This Area Is Still Rare

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YOGYAKARTA - The government's policy which has provided subsidies for bulk cooking oil commodities has apparently not been able to solve the problem of cooking oil scarcity in the community.

This is at least proven by the still constrained supply of bulk cooking oil in a number of areas, including what happened in Yogyakarta.

This was directly acknowledged by the Department of Industry and Trade (Disperindag) of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, that in the field there are still a number of problems with the availability of supply from producers to distributors in the province.

"In the past, there have been problems from manufacturers there. I am currently looking for information. We are investigating why the supply of this bulk oil may not be smooth," said the Head of Domestic Trade of the DIY Industry and Trade Office, Yanto Apriyanto, on the sidelines of monitoring cooking oil supplies in one of the one distributor in Yogyakarta City, as reported by Antara, Saturday, March 19.

Yanto hopes that information regarding the causes of the supply constraints can be obtained within the next week.

However, Yanto ensured that a number of distributors in DIY were still able to supply cooking oil to consumers or retailers with a large enough volume. For one delivery, the distributor is able to distribute cooking oil with three tronton trucks each containing 18 tons of cooking oil.

"So it's enough for supply to consumers," said Yanto.

According to Yanto, Disperindag together with the Yogyakarta Regional Police's Food Task Force will intensify supervision to ensure the availability and affordability of cooking oil for the community.

"I hope consumers are wise in shopping. Buy according to needs, not desires," said Yanto.

Dirreskrimsus Polda DIY, Kombes Pol Gonggom Pasaribu, said that after the government revoked the HET for packaged palm cooking oil, supervision was focused on distributors of bulk cooking oil because it was really needed by the community.

"Indeed, supply conditions can still be met, but the regulation needs further supervision. If the price has adjusted, they will apply a price of Rp. 14,000 per liter," said Gonggom.

Gonggom also ensured that based on the results of monitoring in the period February-March 2022, there were no hoarding practices or other fraudulent acts in DIY.

"For what we say is hoarding or cheating at distributors, we haven't found anything," said Gonggom.