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        "id": 1704624,
        "msgid": "experts-highlight-plastic-packaging-costs-driving-up-cooking-oil-prices-1777333877",
        "date": "2026-04-28 05:51:36",
        "title": "Experts Highlight Plastic Packaging Costs Driving Up Cooking Oil Prices",
        "author": "Erik Purnama Putra",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Experts from Indef and CORE have warned that surging plastic packaging prices are a key driver behind the rising cost of domestic cooking oil in Indonesia, exacerbated by geopolitical instability and supply chain disruptions. This increase threatens to fuel inflation, raise household living expenses, and burden small and medium-sized culinary enterprises with higher production costs. They urge the government to closely monitor the cooking oil supply chain and seek efficient packaging alternatives to mitigate broader economic impacts, including reduced consumer spending and slowed growth.",
        "content": "<p>The skyrocketing price of plastic packaging has become one of the\nmain factors triggering the rise in cooking oil prices in the market.\nExecutive Director of the Institute for Development of Economics and\nFinance (Indef), Esther Sri Astuti, assesses that the increase in\ndomestic cooking oil prices is difficult to avoid as it is dragged down\nby the surge in plastic packaging costs.<\/p>\n<p>She explains that the rise in plastic packaging prices originates\nfrom upstream sources due to pressures from geopolitical instability and\ndisruptions in the distribution chain. According to Esther, plastic\npackaging prices will push national industry players to seek more\nefficient packaging alternatives as a long-term solution. \u201cThis also\ntriggers the use of more efficient packaging due to the rising plastic\ncosts,\u201d she said in Jakarta on Monday (27\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Esther states that the government should take appropriate handling\nmeasures. This is considering that the rise in cooking oil prices has\nthe potential to trigger inflation, increase household living costs, and\nburden culinary SMEs due to increased production costs.<\/p>\n<p>Esther mentions that on a macro level, the rise in cooking oil prices\ncould drive inflation, reduce public consumption levels, and restrain\ndomestic economic growth. \u201cThe burden of daily household expenditure is\npotentially increasing because cooking oil is a staple need that cannot\nbe postponed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director of the Center of Reform on Economics (CORE),\nMohammad Faisal, states that the rise in domestic cooking oil prices\nneeds to be handled seriously by the government. He reminds the\ngovernment to closely monitor the cooking oil supply chain.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/experts-highlight-plastic-packaging-costs-driving-up-cooking-oil-prices-1777333877",
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