InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Many people complained about palm cooking oil - MinyaKita that was sold about Rp 15.700 per liter in many markets. Besides being expensive, it was difficult to get and many complained about it.

One grocery owner in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, Iding (43) said that the stocks of MinyaKita were difficult to get in many markets. “MinyaKita is difficult to get. Many bought and consumed it and other kinds of palm cooking oil got more expensive,” Iding said.

He also mentioned that the rare commodity might happen for the lack of supplies from the suppliers. What he knew was that it also happened for the lack of materials. “We got it from suppliers. There was no stock. It was said that there was no material,” he said, as InfoSAWIT quoted from Sindonews, Friday (2/8/2024).

Prior, Iding got palm cooking oil quota from the distributor for about 200 cartons. But it is not available. “We got MinyaKita from Food Station, Village Enterprise – 200 cartons. But now there is no stock because they did not produce and the material is nothing at all,” he said.

He also mentioned Minyakita was Rp 165.000 per carton. Now it is Rp 172.000 per carton. "But we sell it about Rp 15 thousand. If it is available, we still sell it at Rp 15.500," he said.

In association with that, Ministry of Trade confirm that the highest retail price (HRP) of MinyaKita would be more expensive in this very short. The regulation would be about to be published.

Director of Daily Needs and Important Goods Ministry of Trade, Bambang Wisnubroto said that many institutions, ministries, and stakeholders discussed and studied to make HRP of Minyakita more expensive. “The increasing HRP of Minyakita would be about to get more expensive. There had been eight discussions with other ministries, institutions, and other stakeholders. We did conduct public hearing,” Bambang said in the coordination meeting about inflation control in the regions virtually, Monday (8/7/2024). (T2)