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        "msgid": "heres-the-chronology-of-minyakita-disappearing-from-pasar-senen-market-according-to-traders-1778493247",
        "date": "2026-05-11 15:45:00",
        "title": "Here's the Chronology of Minyakita Disappearing from Pasar Senen Market According to Traders",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Trade",
        "summary": "Traders at Pasar Senen in Central Jakarta report a severe shortage of Minyakita cooking oil since the launch of the government's Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme, leading many to stop selling it altogether. Supplies reportedly surge only during official inspections but remain scarce otherwise, with some traders noting they haven't received allocations for months and last sold it at Rp20,000 per litre. This scarcity occurs amid Trade Ministry Regulation No. 43 of 2025, which mandates at least 35% of domestic palm oil obligations to be channelled through Bulog and state food companies to ensure affordable supply under the People's Cooking Oil (MGR) initiative.",
        "content": "<p>Traders of cooking oil at Pasar Senen in Central Jakarta have\nrevealed details about the sales of Minyakita, whose supply has\ncurrently vanished. Several cooking oil traders stated that Minyakita\nsupplies have been extremely scarce since the introduction of the Free\nNutritious Meals (MBG) programme. This scarcity has even made the\ntraders reluctant to sell Minyakita.<\/p>\n<p>One of them, Desi, revealed that Minyakita supplies are very limited\nat Pasar Senen, making it so that she always fails to get an allocation\nof Minyakita to sell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinyakita is scarce right now; it seems like since the MBG programme\nstarted, we haven\u2019t been getting any here, so I don\u2019t want to sell\nMinyakita for now,\u201d said Desi when met by CNBC Indonesia on Monday\n(11\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>However, there is something surprising: Minyakita supplies were\nplentiful during visits or market inspections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn normal conditions like this, supplies are just not there, but\nwhen an inspection is about to happen, suddenly they become abundant,\u201d\nshe added.<\/p>\n<p>Desi further explained that the last time she received supplies and\nsold Minyakita was two months ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, if we\u2019re talking about it being hard to get Minyakita,\nit\u2019s been that way for a long time\u2014about a year\u2014but there was a time\nwhen we got some, I think at the beginning of this year, but after that,\nit\u2019s been hard again,\u201d she clarified.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the last time she received and sold Minyakita, the\nprice reached Rp20,000 for one litre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we did sell it, it reached Rp20,000 for one litre, but that\nwasn\u2019t at the beginning of this year; it\u2019s been a while,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to Desi, another trader, Minah, chose not to sell\nMinyakita not because of limited supplies, but because her regular\ncustomers rarely buy Minyakita. However, at her shop, she often doesn\u2019t\nget an allocation of Minyakita.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinyakita is indeed scarce here; I myself always miss out, but I\u2019ve\nactually stopped selling it\u2014not because it\u2019s scarce, but because my\nregular customers don\u2019t buy Minyakita,\u201d said Minah.<\/p>\n<p>She continued that some traders always receive Minyakita allocations.\nHowever, according to her, this time almost all traders are not getting\nMinyakita to sell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some shops that used to always get Minyakita allocations;\nas for me, I usually miss out, but apparently the other traders who\nalways get it, this time they don\u2019t get it either,\u201d said Minah.<\/p>\n<p>As a note, the Ministry of Trade has issued Minister of Trade\nRegulation (Permendag) No.\u00a043 of 2025 on Packaged Palm Cooking Oil and\nthe Governance of People\u2019s Cooking Oil. One of the provisions regulates\nthat at least 35% of the realisation of domestic market obligations must\nbe fulfilled through Bulog and state-owned food companies.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Permendag 43 of 2025 regulates administrative requirements\nfor business actors participating in the People\u2019s Cooking Oil (MGR)\nprogramme and using the MINYAKITA brand. Business entities must have a\nBusiness Identification Number (NIB) with the Indonesian Standard\nIndustrial Classification (KBLI) as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Producers: Must have KBLI 10437 (Palm Cooking Oil Industry) and\nvalid business permits.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Packers: Must have KBLI 82920 (Packaging Services) and 46315\n(Wholesale Trade of Vegetable Oils and Fats), or KBLI 10437 (Palm\nCooking Oil Industry).<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, the government also regulates retail-level sales to\nprotect consumers. Retailers have three main obligations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Sell People\u2019s Cooking Oil at a price at or below the Highest\nRetail Price (HET) of Rp15,700 per litre.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Comply with sales quantity restrictions (rationing) set by the\nDirector General.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>Must display information on the HET that is easily visible to\nconsumers at the business premises.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>",
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