Kemikita Langka Dan Mahal Di Pasaran, Komisi VI DPR Segera Call Mendag Zulhas

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JAKARTA - Commission VI of the DPR immediately called the Minister of Trade (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan regarding the scarcity of simple packaged bulk cooking oil, oil on the market.

Including the cause of the price increase which now reaches Rp. 17,000 per liter.

Based on a report by the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU), the scarcity of oilita occurred in various regions. Likewise with price increases.

In fact, the highest retail price (HET) for simple packaged cooking oil is set at IDR 14,000 per liter.

Member of Commission VI DPR RI Andre Rosiade reminded the government not to repeat the problems at the end of 2021 and early 2022.

"This is PR (Homework), for that we have scheduled to summon the Minister of Trade and the Minister of Trade also informed us that in fact the government has tried our best so that this February our problems can actually be resolved," said Andre quoted from the official website of the DPR RI, Tuesday, February 14.

Andre emphasized that the problem of cooking oil must be resolved as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, this problem will be a snowball and will have an impact on the availability and price of cooking oil ahead of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr in March-April 2023.

If this February is not finished, it will be a snow rollout because we will enter Ramadan and Eid, where the demand will be more, public consumption will be more. So for that we (Commission VI) will call the Minister of Trade," he said.

Andre said he would wait for government policies to address these problems.

He also hopes that the cooking oil problem can be resolved soon this February.

"We Commission VI will continue to supervise, remind, and support the government so that this (cook oil) is no longer scarce. We learn from past experiences, we are ashamed that we are the largest CPO producing country in the world, but the people have difficulty getting cheap cooking oil," he said.

For your information, the Ministry of Trade issued Circular Letter (SE) Number 3 of 2023 concerning Guidelines for the Sales of People's Goreng Oil. Where the contents include the prohibition of Oil from being sold using a bundling system.

Then the purchase of Oil is also limited to 2 liters per person per day. Meanwhile, purchasing bulk cooking oil is limited to 10 liters per person per day.