Rare Cooking Oil, Now the Emerging Service Phenomenon

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Scarcity cooking oil apparently exploited by a number of residents. Now, a phenomenon emerges delivery service or cooking oil offered on the social media network Facebook.

The price of cooking oil varies, some sell it for Rp. 40,000 for a 2 liter size. The price offered is certainly more expensive than the Highest Retail Price (HET) set by the Ministry of Trade.

For information, the HET set for premium cooking oil is Rp. 14,000/liter, simple packaged cooking oil is Rp. 13,500/liter, and bulk cooking oil is Rp. 11,500/liter.

Also read: Abundant Stock of Cooking Oil But Hard to Find, Trade Minister: Some are Hoarded and Smuggled Abroad

“For friends who need cooking oil, please give it to me. The price for 2L is IDR 28,000, for the delivery service IDR 5,000 / pcs,” wrote Facebook user, Brixton ID, quoted by Kompas.com, Thursday (10/3/2022) .

There are also those who offer premium cooking oil for IDR 33,000/2 liters and IDR 38,000 for two liter packages. These courier service operators usually include a WhatsApp number so that they can be contacted by interested parties.

“Those who want to give 2 liters of Sunco cooking oil Rp. 33,000 chat,” wrote Noni Lubis.

Then, one of the Jastip actors also said that although the price was more expensive than HET, at least it was able to reduce the burden for those who had difficulty finding cooking oil.

“In my area here, there are many stories about a shortage of cooking oil, so it’s hard to find it. So you just have to pay the postage for the delivery service to me,” said the perpetrator of Jastip, Devira.

Also read: Minister of Trade: Bulk Cooking Oil is Only For Low-Income People

Previously, it was reported that the Minister of Trade (Mendag) Muhammad Luthfi suspected that there were elements who dared to play with cooking oil, causing people to still have difficulty getting cooking oil at cheap prices.

Even though he said, actually the cooking oil stock owned by the government was sufficient and even abundant resulting from the implementation of the DMO policy (domestic market obligation) and DPO (domestic price obligation).

The Trade Minister explained that there are two possible reasons why cooking oil is scarce in the market.

First, because of leaks for industries which are then sold at prices not according to government standards. Second, there is smuggling from a number of individuals.

“So there are those who hoard, sell them to industry or smuggle them abroad, this is against the law. Anyway, we are still trying, international prices may be as high as possible, national prices are still affordable and available,” said Lutfi.

Also read: Asked When The Scarcity Of Cheap Cooking Oil Can Be Overcome, This Is The Minister Of Trade’s Answer

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