Unloading The Production Price Of Packaged Cooking Oil, Member Of Commission IV Andre Rosiade: Oligarchs Win Big!

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission VI of the Indonesian House of Representatives in charge of trade and BUMN affairs, Andre Rosiade, dismantled the production capital of packaged cooking oil for palm oil companies. According to him, the capital spent is no more than Rp. 10,000 per liter for packaged cooking oil.

"When we talk about oligarchs, because oligarchs who have their own plantations, own oil palm, own cooking oil factories, including distributors D1 and D2 are oligarchs, while the capital for producing cooking oil itself is below Rp 10 thousand per liter and that is for cooking oil. packaging," he said, in a written statement, Wednesday, May 25.

Therefore, in the Hearing Meeting (RDP) between Commission VI DPR RI and the Managing Director of Holding Nusantara Plantation (PTPN III) on May 24, Andre asked PTPN to be able to increase its crude palm oil (CPO) production capability. The goal is that the state does not lose to the oligarchy.

As is known, PTPN III is currently focusing on forming a sub-holding that manages plantations and produces palm oil under the name Palm Co. Meanwhile, in terms of production, PTPN has only been able to produce cooking oil of 4 million liters per month, or 480 million liters per year.

"So PTPN must be able to produce a lot of cooking oil. Unlike now, PTPN's cooking oil production is only 4 million liters per month, or 480 million liters per year, so it must be increased again at least 2 billion liters per year," said Andre.

With the production of 2 billion liters of cooking oil per year by PTPN, according to Andre, the state feels its presence in meeting domestic needs. Both for industrial and household needs, currently domestic demand is only 5.7 billion liters per year.

"The state is not inferior to oligarchs who deliberately seek profit. So if the government has its own cooking oil management, then the fulfillment of bulk cooking oil according to the highest retail price (HET) of Rp. 14,000 per liter should be fulfilled, even PTPN can get a lot of profit, and of course The country also benefits," he said.

The chairman of the West Sumatra Gerindra Party DPD also explained that the government's policy of setting the HET for bulk cooking oil at Rp. 14,000 per liter was very appropriate and did not harm anyone, including cooking oil producers.

However, Andre continued, this policy received resistance from the oligarchs to get a lot of profit from the sale of this cooking oil.

"So it should be noted by all Indonesians that the oligarchs are earning a lot. So the policy of the President Jokowi government to set the HET price for bulk cooking oil at Rp. 14,000 is actually not wrong and is correct. There is only resistance from the oligarchs," he said.

Andre said that commission VI would give full support to PTPN to work on a national strategic project for PTPN's 3 subholdings, namely palm oil and sugar.

"But regarding cooking oil, PTPN must play an important role and must be a big player, and this is a lesson that at this time our country as the largest producer of CPO in the world, even the largest producer of cooking oil in the world, has lost to the oligarchs," he explained.