Watch out for Indonesia's wheat flour crisis; production threatened to drop 50% because of this

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Minister of Trade Regulation (Permendag) No. 36/2023 concerning Import Policies and Regulations, which has been changed to Permendag No. 3/2024 has drawn protests. This time, the criticism came from domestic wheat flour entrepreneurs. General Chair of the Indonesian Wheat Flour Association (Aptindo) Franciscus (Franky) Welirang said that the Minister of Trade Regulation could threaten the supply of wheat flour in the country. In fact, it could cause supply to drop by up to 50%. How come? Franky said, Minister of Trade Regulation No. 36/2023 stipulates that the import of Fortified Premixes, which was previously only with LS (Surveyor's Report), now requires Import Approval (PI) and LS. The new provisions, he said, interfere with the supply of Fortified Premix needed to produce wheat flour. In this case, the fortification premix that the domestic wheat flour industry needs are micronutrients such as iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), folic acid, vitamin B1 and vitamin ...