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Indonesia to lift palm oil export ban from Monday

A woman shops for cooking oil made from oil palms at a supermarket in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 27, 2022. (Photo: Reuters)

JAKARTA: Indonesia will lift its palm oil export ban from Monday, May 23, following improvements in the domestic cooking oil supply situation, President Joko Widodo said on Thursday.

The decision to lift the ban was taken despite the price of bulk cooking oil having not yet reached the targeted 14,000 rupiah per litre price, as the government considers the welfare of 17 million workers in the palm oil industry, the president said in a video statement.

Lifting the ban would relieve pressure on the global vegetable oil market after prices spiked because of the suspension and the war in Ukraine.

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