The chief of food group Indofood Sukses Makmur has warned that the rising cost of wheat could impact its 2007 results despite posting rising first-half profits.

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Anthoni Salim, president director and CEO of Indonesia’s largest instant noodle maker, said raw material prices, particularly wheat “show no sign of softening”.


Salim said: “We will continue to be vigilant in controlling our operating costs, increasing our operating efficiency as well as enhancing our marketing and distribution strategies.”


Indofood shrugged off rising commodity costs with a 7% rise in operating profit to IND994bn (US$106m). Net sales leapt 21.3% to IND10.1trillion.


However, pressure from commodity costs did impact margins, which dipped to just over 8%.

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