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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Musyawarah Nasional (Munas) or National Meeting the 10th of Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA) on 14-16 March 2018 in Jakarta at Friday (16/3/2018) night was officially end. Just like the previous meeting, the last day was to vote the formatures of IPOA coordinators in the future. In the meeting, there was difference that concluded, the coordinators of IPOA would not be 3 years but 5 years to work. This is to maximize the implementation of the programs of the elected coordinators The election of the IPOA coordinator in 2018-2023 run tightly for there were two sections. 

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Ministry of Trade would expand the trade to non-traditional countries in Pacific and East Asia through the trade mission to New Zealand and Taiwan. It would be done on 16–19 March 2018 as same as the Visit of President Joko Widodo. While the trade mission to Taiwan would be done on 22–25 March 2018 in series of Indonesian Week exhibition. It is the way to increase sustainable exports.

InfoSAWIT, BOGOR – Asian Agri told in Palm Oil National Workshop that it is important to realize sustainable development. It was told in Palm Oil National Workshop within the theme, ‘Sustainable Smart Plantation’in Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB)International Convention Center, Bogor , Thursday (14/3/2018).

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Coordinator Minister in Economy, Darmin Nasution said, palm oil is the important commodity that influences the economy in this country. If palm oil is cultivated well, the economy of the people and the country would be better too.

InfoSAWIT, TANAH MERAH –Social Management, Environmental Management, and Economic Management are the main sustainable principles to anticipate the negative influences to the conservation, environmental service, the people’s social and culture, and the climate change which of course would be useful for the now and the future.

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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Coordinator Minister in Economy, Darmin Nasution gave his speech in the National Meeting the 10^th of Indonesian Palm Oil Association in Fairmont Hotel, Jakarta (14/3/2018). After that he looked around at the exhibition.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –It is normal that the government appreciates palm oil plantation industries for they keep growing and becomes one main contributor the exchange in this country.

InfoSAWIT, BOGOR –Palm oil is one important commodity as the source of the biggest exchange in to the country in the non-oil and gas sector. Unfortunately palm oil keeps facing many problems from the upstream to downstream sector. The problems are about regulation, spatial, overlapping areas, competition with the other kinds of vegetable oil, and environmental issues.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Hairi,a villager of Kertaraja,District of Kendawangan Kiri, District of Ketapang, West Kalimantan Province becomes a blacksmith and it is his source of income he does.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – According to Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA) in January 2018, United States of America (USA) increased palm oil imports from Indonesia reaching about 68%, or from 115,29 thousand tons in December 2017 to be 193.47 thousand tons in January 2018. “The biodiesel dumping accusation to Indonesia seemed not to influence the palm oil import in USA,” General Secretary of IPOA, Togar Sitanggang, said in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Monday (12/3/2018)

InfoSAWIT, BEKASI – It needs to increase the human resources (HR) in palm oil sectors. In additon the industries keep developing and operating.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –In January 2018 crude palm oil (CPO) and the derivative exports (not biodiesel and oleo-chemical) increased 4% only compared to those in December 2017 or from 2,63 million tons to be 2,74 million tons in January 2018.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA -It is admitted, the crude palm oil (CPO) production that increases in every year needs the markets which are ready to absorb it in every ton. The increasing CPO production really needs offtaker that develops too. Not only the existing markets, but it also needs to expand the markets that need it.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Facing the reaction from the negative accusation that European Union published, as the biggest palm oil producer in the world, Indonesia also expands the new palm oil markets. Every thing is done up to make agreement to barter palm oil with jet sukhoi.

InfoSAWIT, BEKASI –Palm oil plantations are mostly in the remote areas. So it needs the workers who understand about palm oil and should have tanggap, tanggon,andtrengginas personality.

InfoSAWIT, Jakarta – Palm oil plantation companies that are managed by Grup Goodhope emphasized its commitment on Sustainability Policy that the companies would do in the future. The sustainability Policy is important to do for it is part of the commitment of the companies to the public since 2017.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – If Indonesia has Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO), Malaysia hasMalaysian Sustainable Palm Oil(MSPO). The MSPO certification scheme has been running since January 2015 voluntarily and would be mandatorily done by the end of December 2019.

InfoSAWIT, SINGAPURA - Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) and Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Board (MPOCC) cooperate to help every supplier of Wilmar in Malaysia to get Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certificate in the end of 2019. More than 260 suppliers from the factory covering more than 55% of all factories in Malaysia are hoped to get the profits from the partnership.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Multi-side partnership that palm oil plantation companies do with the central and regional government, the people, the industrial partners, and the other stakeholders is important to do to support the success of sustainable palm oil development.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Economic observer from Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF), Bhima Yudistira Adhinegara, said, palm oil industries nationally have four superiorities for the economy in Indonesia. The first is, palm oil plantation could hire up to 8,2 millionmen–about more than 4 millionsmallholders involve in it, and more than 13 millionare indirect workers.

The second, based on some international study, the income of the people out of J