InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU –The fresh fruit bunch (FFB) in Riau is Rp1.780,78/Kg or increases Rp46,82/Kg from the previous week which was Rp1.733,96/Kg.

"The better FFB price might increase for the CPO and kernel selling price from every palm oil plantation company as the source of data,” Head of Food Plantation, Horticulture, and Plantation, Riau Province, Ferry HC Ernaputra said, as quoted from senuju.com.

The increasing soybean oil in the world, he continued, also increases the CPO price that as the material of biofuel, CPO is cheaper than soybean oil.

He also mentioned, the three year old tree is Rp1.275,01/Kg, the four year old tree is Rp1423,26/Kg, the five year old tree is Rp1.522,77/Kg, the six year old tree is Rp1.568,04/Kg,  the seven year old tree is Rp1.627,75/Kg, the eight year old tree is Rp1.678,53/Kg and the nine year old tree is Rp1.732,74/Kg.

Besides the 21 year old tree isRp1.738,21/Kg, the 22 year old tree is Rp1.694,95/Kg, the 23 year old tree is Rp1.652,38/Kg, the 24 year old tree is Rp1.635,22/Kg, and the 25 year old tree is Rp1.566,56/Kg.

K index is 91,16 persen; the CPO is Rp7.531,84/Kg and kernel is Rp6.004,57/Kg. (T3)