Kerosene and sugar shortage in Jayapura<\/p>\n
Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua<\/p>\n
Jayapura suffered a kerosene shortage in May, which was blamed on
\nlate distribution caused by the long holiday weekends.<\/p>\n
Hendry Dianto, who works for state oil company Pertamina's
\nmarketing unit overseeing Papua, said the long weekends on May 15
\nand May 29 disrupted some distribution schedules.<\/p>\n
\"The contract between Pertamina and its distributors says
\ndistribution can only be done on work days,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The long weekends left 270 tons of kerosene undistributed.<\/p>\n
For Sunarto in Koya district, the effort to get the kerosene
\nwas more expensive than the kerosene itself. He had to pay Rp
\n25,000 (US$3) for an ojek (motorcycle taxi) to buy five liters of
\nkerosene for Rp 5,500 in Kotaraja, which is 30 kilometers away
\nfrom his house.<\/p>\n
The kerosene's price of Rp 1,100 per liter is slightly higher
\nfrom the government-set price of Rp 995.<\/p>\n
But not everyone was willing to travel that far to buy
\nkerosene. One person, for example, just used aviation fuel
\ninstead.<\/p>\n
\"Since it's hard to find kerosene, I'll just use aviation
\nfuel. Luckily I know someone who works at the Sentani airport who
\ncan bring me the fuel,\" said one resident who requested
\nanonymity.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, East Java Governor Imam Utomo's decision to ban the
\ndistribution of imported sugar to other provinces has led to a
\nsugar shortage in Jayapura.<\/p>\n
The decision, announced on April 3, was made in order to
\nensure the sugar supply in East Java.<\/p>\n
An official at the provincial industry and trade office in
\nJayapura, Marthen Patintingan, said there was only enough of a
\nsugar stock in Papua to last for six weeks.<\/p>\n
Marthen questioned the East Java governor's decision, which he
\nsaid violated an order from the Ministry of Industry and Trade's
\nDirectorate General for Domestic Trade, dated March 11, on
\nimported sugar distribution. This order states that entry point
\nports must distribute imported sugar to another areas.<\/p>\n
\"We have prepared a letter from the Papua governor to the
\ndirector general to review the East Java governor's order, which
\nwill cause shortages in other areas,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The sugar shortage in Jayapura has caused the price of sugar
\nto rise to Rp 7,000 per kilogram from Rp 5,100.<\/p>",
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