© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman shops for cooking oil made from oil palms at a supermarket in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File PhotoJAKARTA - Indonesia is evaluating regulations designed to curb imports of more than 3,000 products, a senior trade ministry official said on Friday, following industry concerns the rules could disrupt the domestic supply chain and disrupt exports.
"Everything is still under evaluation, we continue to coordinate with the relevant ministries and institutions," Trade Ministry official Budi Santoso told Reuters. The Indonesian Association of Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs said restrictions on imports of food ingredients, such as fortification mix, meant current stocks would only last a few months. Fortification mix, which boosts nutritional content, is mandated by national standards to be blended into processed foods such as flour and cooking oil.