Indonesian meat merchants strike sales due to cooking oil

Published 2022년 2월 24일

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Compact meat traders in Indonesia are planning a five-day strike starting from February 28, 2022, protesting the lack of government response to their concerns. They have previously reached out with an official letter but have not received any serious consideration. The traders are particularly frustrated with the government's focus on cooking oil and the lack of measures to address the increasing beef prices, which they find burdensome. They are urging the government to take immediate actions, including opening trade routes to countries other than Australia, to alleviate their challenges.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Compact meat traders will go on strike next week. Unmitigated, they will strike for five days at a time, starting from February 28 to March 4, 2022. The strike this time is longer than last year, which was three days. Traders admitted that they had sought dialogue with the government. Including sending an official letter, but there has been no serious response. Meanwhile, other commodities such as cooking oil are considered to receive more attention. "In the position of cooking oil, we already have it, now we don't have it in meat. We've had this grind," said Head of the Indonesian Meat Slaughter and Traders Network (Jappdi) Asnawi to CNBC Indonesia, Wednesday (23/2/2022). He compared the government's seriousness in reducing the volatility of cooking oil prices. On the other hand, the problem with beef is considered to have been forgotten. "In cooking oil there is a subsidy from palm oil, production intervention is also regulated so that prices do not ...

Source: Cnbcindonesia