REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman assured the government's readiness in maintaining food availability and price stability ahead of Christmas and New Year (Nataru). The government called on all food business actors not to raise prices and to comply with the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) that has been set. “Facing Christmas and New Year, we once again call on all business owners not to raise prices. Specifically for rice, cooking oil, chicken, and eggs, there is already an MRP. If someone exceeds the MRP, they will be prosecuted,” said Minister Amran during a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture's headquarters in Jakarta on Monday (22/12/2025). Minister Amran emphasized that there is no reason for producers to raise prices because the national food conditions are currently in a good position. He explained that Indonesia is the world's largest producer of cooking oil and is also in a rice surplus condition. “We, the cooking oil producers, ...