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InfoSAWIT, ROMA –Coordinator Minister in Maritime, Luhut Panjaitan emphasized that palm oil plantation is the biggest source from the agricultural sectors in Indonesia, including the significant exports. In 2017, the palm oil exports totally reached about 15,5 billion Euro.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – According to the Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Price Team in Riau, No. 20 on 16 to 22 May 2018, the 10 to 20 year old fruit is increasing about Rp 6,65/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, ROMA –Coordinator Minister in Maritime, Luhut Panjaitan was one of keynote speaker in a Seminar ‘Pemberantasan Kemiskinan Melalui Pertanian dan Perkebunan Demi Perdamaian dan Kemanusiaan’, in Rome, 15 May 2018. 

InfoSAWIT, ROMA –Palm oil plantations have become the effective instruments to conquer the poverty. Indonesia and Malaysiaa are the two countries that have proved it. In Indonesia there are about 17 million men working in palm oil sector while in Malaysia, there are at least 2 million men.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In the public hearing that palm oil plantation company did, PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJ), it was informed that the company focuses to develop new and renewable energy.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – As one palm oil plantation company, Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA) Group is committed to protect the environment. One thing that has beeen done is the strategic cooperation with Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam (BBKSDA) West Kalimantan Province to protect the conservation areas in the province. Some years ago, BGA Group in Central Kalimantan also made the same cooperation and it runs well.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –The representative of European Union Parliament recently visited Indonesia. They were accepted by Coordinator Minister in Maritime, Luhut Pandjaitan in his office, Wednesday, 9 May 2018.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJ) in the public hearing where InfoSAWIT, also attended, Monday (14/5/2018), published that 2017 was positive and productive for the palm oil plantation company.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Coordinator Minister in Maritime, Luhut Pandjaitan said, the lobby which has been running for all these recent days in some European and Asian countries now gets its result. For examplee, besides Europe, the country to import palm oil is China.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR –The ban of palm oil biodiesel usage in European Union recently, according to Minister of Trade and Industry, Malaysia, Mustapa Mohamed, is the potential violation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) rule.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR –Biodiesel trade in China keeps increasing. Embassador of China for Malaysia, Bai Tian,said, biofuel and biodiesel (B5) consumption in 2016 reached about 165 million tons and 8,25 million tons for each and the biofuel production in 2015 reached 300.000 tons.

InfoSAWIT, ROKAN HILIR – President Joko Widodo symbolically gave the packet of The Smallholders’ Palm oil Plantation to the plasma smallholders of Asian Agri who joins in Koperasi Unit Desa (KUD) Sawit Suburlast week and it was the start to the smallholders’ replanting program in Rokan Hilir, Riau Province.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –In April 2018 Coordinator Ministry in Maritime, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, did diplomacy safari to some countries in Europe, such as, Belgium, Netherland, and Germany to respond the decision of European Union Parliament to limit palm oil usage in the Blue Continent.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –According to Executive Director of Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC), Mahendra Siregar, if the European Union Parliament said that palm oil has something to do with deforestation and environmental damages, the accusation is not true. “For all these years, palm oil industries have fulfilled the sustainable aspects which are obliged by the government through ISPO (Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil),” he said in the official statement to InfoSAWIT.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –It has been three months since Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS) proposed the claim to Supreme Court about the judicial review of Government Regulation (GR) 24/2015 about Crude palm oil Supporting Fund (CSF). SPKS claimed that the palm oil fund which was mostly given to subsidize the big companies, could be given more to the smallholders.

InfoSAWIT, ROKAN HILIR – Director of Palm oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA), Herdrajat Natawidjaja explained that the replanting program for the smallholders (people) having less than 4 hectare areas is to increase their welfare in general and the numbers of production.

InfoSAWIT, JEMBER –As one national palm oil plantation company, PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk. (ANJT) does not develop one commodity only, but also other horticulture, such as, edammame.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU - According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team No. 19 on  9 s/d 15 May 2018, the 10 t0 20 year old fruit decreases Rp 36,51/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -The replanting program for the smallholders that has been running for three times and was officially inaugurated by President Joko Widodo is fully supported by Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA).

InfoSAWIT, NUSA DUA – The search of solution from palm oil production is the same responsibility for every side. It is important to get the carbon track to know how much influence from palm oil production.