Cooking oil in the latter packaging is hard to come by. Oil entrepreneur Palm oil accused the policy of the Highest Retail Price (HET) of cooking oil triggering the black market (black market).
This policy creates a significant difference between the price set by the government and the retail price.
Alexius Darmadi, President Director of PT Sumi Asih, said that the Domestic Market Obligation (DMO), Domestic Price Obligation (DPO) and HET systems foster black market practices. Impromptu cooking oil traders are everywhere.
“That there is a gap, I wonder why what is issued by palm oil entrepreneurs is not on the market? This is definitely a black market,” said Alexius in a webinar for Indonesian Sawit Magazine, Friday (11/3).
Determination of HET does have a good purpose but Alexius says this actually makes the sword sway. The price of cooking oil on the market does not match the price on the market.
He added that the policy was related to the missing oil supply some time ago. The shop that initially provided palm cooking oil later disappeared because of the HET provisions.
In addition, Alexius assessed that HET triggered a riot between the Food Task Force and cooking oil producers who did not export.
“With the DMO, DPO, and HET systems, can it work? This creates a riot within ourselves between the Food Task Force and producers that are not related to exports. But what does the Task Force know, is not an understatement, but socialization takes time. all this chaos,” he said.
Meanwhile, regarding the issue of cooking oil smuggling, Executive Director of the Indonesian Vegetable Oil Industry Association (Gimni) Sahat Sinaga assessed that this was impossible. According to him, law enforcement officers have strictly controlled smuggling.
“I have personally been in the cooking oil industry for almost 35 years. In 1998, when exports were high, there was indeed a lot of smuggling. But now our customs are advanced and there is no smuggling,” he said.
(els / mik)
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