COOKING oil amounting to at least 81,000 litres bound for East Timor has been seized by authorities, the trade ministry said, as Indonesia seeks to enforce a ban on exports of crude palm oil and its derivatives including cooking oil.
At least eight shipping containers holding cooking oil and other items were confiscated at Tanjung Perak port on April 28 in Surabaya on Java island after “the ship deceived (authorities) by not listing cooking oil in the export declaration document,” the trade ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
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