Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – Minister of Trade (Mendag) Muhammad Lutfi said the cooking oil factory carried out non-stop production during a sudden visit to a cooking oil factory in the Marunda area, North Jakarta.
From the monitoring at the PT Bina Karya Prima Gudang Ex Hargas (BKP) cooking oil factory in Jakarta, tens of millions of liters of cooking oil are produced non-stop and ready to be distributed.
“The results of monitoring at PT BKP today show abundant cooking oil production. We will also continue to monitor cooking oil production in other factories to ensure the availability of cooking oil so that people can buy according to their daily needs,” explained the Trade Minister in a statement in Jakarta, Monday.
The Trade Minister Lutfi also took the time to speak directly to the transport crew who distributed cooking oil to the public and checked the sale of cooking oil at markets and sales centers.
During the visit, the Minister of Trade Lutfi was accompanied by the Director General of Domestic Trade, Oke Nurwan, and was received by the CEO of PT BKP Fenika Widjaja.
In the period 1-12 March 2022, PT BKP has produced 23.49 million liters of cooking oil. Of this amount, 12.87 million liters were produced at the factory located in Marunda, North Jakarta. The average daily production reaches 1.43 million liters per day.
Production is also carried out at a factory located in Gresik, East Java, with a total of 10.62 million liters with an average daily production of 1.18 million liters per day. PT BKP’s cooking oil production is carried out non-stop every day (anytime 24/7).
PT BKP CEO Fenika revealed that the two PT BKP factories located in Marunda are intended to serve the needs of the western region of Indonesia. Meanwhile, the cooking oil factory in Gresik is to serve the needs of eastern Indonesia.
Of the total production produced and the rest of the previous production, PT BKP has distributed cooking oil to a number of areas in Indonesia in the period 1-12 March 2022 as much as 26.14 million liters.
The distribution area, continued Fenika, includes the national modern market (7.58 million liters), Greater Jakarta (4.82 million liters), West Java (1.67 million liters), Sumatra 1 namely North Sumatra and West Sumatra (233.39 thousand liters). liters), Sumatra 2, namely Lampung, South Sumatra and Jambi (478.96 thousand liters), Kalimantan (339.64 thousand liters), Central Java (5.18 million liters), East Java (3.52 million liters), Bali – Nusa Tenggara (1.48 million liters), and Sulawesi (830.43 thousand).
The Trade Minister emphasized that he would continue to monitor the production and distribution of cooking oil.
“In accordance with the President’s direction, the Ministry of Trade will continue to monitor the availability and affordability of cooking oil prices for the community until it returns to normal,” said Trade Minister Lutfi.
The Minister of Trade said that the Ministry of Trade is also committed to continuously monitoring the production and distribution of cooking oil, both to modern retailers and to people’s markets so that people can get cooking oil easily these days, fasting until Eid. (mhn/bbs)
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