InfoSAWIT, SAMARINDA– In 2017,  Provincial government of East Kalimantan has constructed 17 palm oil factories (POFs). In total, there have been 75 POFs within 4.170 tons of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) capacity per hour. The used capacity reaches 3.775 tons of FFB per hour.

“In the future, there would be 92 POFs in the province. They are in District of Paser, Penajam Paser Utara (PPU), Kutai Timur (Kutim), Berau, and Kutai Kartanegara (Kukar),”  Head of Plantation Agency, East Kalimantan province, Ujang Rachmad said, as quoted from klikkaltim.com.

He thought, palm oil industrial development could support the economic progress in the province that for all the years, the province depends on the main commodity, such as, coal.

The province targeted, the area could be 1,6 million hectares in the next year within the FFB production reaching 18 million tons.

Palm oil areas in the province are about 1,19 million hectares within the FFB production reaching 14,58 million tons. The production equal to 3,2 million tons of crude palm oil.

“It involves 306.644 planters. The successful program increases the economy in the province,” he said. (T3)