NORTH BARITO - Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) price in North Barito regency, Central Borneo, in first week of November 2014 dropped to Rp 1.430/kg from the previous, which reached Rp 1.487/kg.
“This is the fifth time and makes the palm oil farmers hit back,” said the palm oil farmer transmigrant, Tommy, in Muara Meweh, Tuesday (04/11/2014).
Head unit of Plantation Production of Forestry Agency North Barito, Bahruddinsyah, as reported by Antara, said that in addition to the price of FFB, palm kernel selling price also decreased from Rp 3.869/kg to Rp 3.421/kg and the sell price of crude palm oil (CPO) from Rp 7.473/kg to Rp 7.283/kg. (T3)
