Indonesia Warns Norway Over CPO Ban

Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita has warned Norway over the proposed ban of import of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivative products from Indonesia by the country’s parliament, The Jakarta Post last month reported.  Enggartiasto delivered his warning when he met with Norway Fisheries Minister Per Sandburg at Enggartiasto’s office in Jakarta.  

“If the ban on CPO and its derivatives is implemented, Indonesia will reject fish imports from Norway,” he said, as reported by kontan.co.id, saying Indonesia would consider it a declaration of trade war.  Sandburg, however, assured Enggartiasto during their meeting that the Norwegian government had rejected the proposal from the country’s parliament which is dominated by opposition parties. Nevertheless, the Indonesian official said his ministry would still monitor the matter due to an intensive negative campaign on CPO in the Scandinavian country.