Always Good for a Steal

Fertilizer subsidies are not reaching the intended targets. Violations have occurred on all fronts, for a very long time.

September 25, 2012

In the end, the 76 metric tons of fertilizer failed to be loaded onto a ship at North Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port on a Thursday two weeks ago. Held in four 20-foot containers, the urea fertilizer was packed into 1,520 gunny sacks. Each contained 50 kilograms of the nitrogenous fertilizer. The words Pupuk Kujang Cikampek" or Kujang Cikampek Fertilizer, were printed on each of the sacks, along with specifications of the urea prills which carried a 4

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