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Customs and excise successfully prevented an illegal oil export
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he customs and excise offices of the Kanwil region in East Java and Tanjung Perak are collaborating with the criminal investigation unit of the National Police headquarters, the East Java regional police and the Tanjung Perak port resort police in preventing the export of 81,040 liters of packaged cooking oil of various brands.
"On May 10, we received information that there was a plan to export cooking oil, which was stipulated as a prohibited item for export, according to Trade Ministry Regulation No. 22, concerning the Temporary Prohibition of Exports of Crude Palm Oil; Refined, Bleached and Deodorized Palm Oil; Refined, Bleached and Deodorized Palm Olein; and Used Cooking Oil in the form of Packaged Cooking Oil (RBD Palm Olein)," said head of the East Java I regional customs office, Padmoyo Tri Wikanto, in a press conference held on Thursday (12/05) in Surabaya.
The information, which was first discovered by the local police department, also revealed that the products were to be sent to Dili, Timor Leste by CV ADS and CV TYL. The mode of committing the violation was by notification of a type of goods that are not in accordance with the goods export notification document (PEB).
Following up on this information, the customs and excise, along with the police, conducted a joint physical examination on May 11. Of the eight containers that were notified, five contained 81 thousand liters of cooking oil with the Linsea, Tropical and Tropical brands.
"We also take precautions and will process it together with the police in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations. In addition, two suspects have been determined in this case, namely R as the buyer of cooking oil to be sold abroad and E as the document manager," Padmoyo added.
Padmoyo further explained that the prevention of cooking oil exports is done to secure government policies, namely the temporary ban on exports of crude palm oil (CPO) products and their derivatives. The press conference was also attended by the head of the Criminal Investigation Unit at the National Police headquarters, Komjen Pol. Agus Andriato.
"There is a form of synergy between customs and the National Police in an effort to secure domestic cooking oil supplies and stabilize cooking oil prices. As for this illegal export, we will follow up on law enforcement by the investigation process," Padmoyo concluded.
