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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) prices at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) remained under withdrawal (WD) status on Thursday (21/5/2026), as bearish sentiment continued to dominate both domestic and international palm oil markets.

InfoSAWIT, PALANGKA RAYA – Fresh fruit bunch (FFB) prices for plasma smallholder palm oil plantations in Central Kalimantan Province declined during the first pricing period of May 2026, following softer movements in crude palm oil and palm kernel prices.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The Indonesian Palm Oil Farmers Organization Association (POPSI) has voiced strong opposition to the government’s proposed centralized export governance system for strategic commodities, including crude palm oil (CPO), warning that the policy could create new monopolistic practices within the national palm oil trade.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has raised concerns over massive foreign exchange leakages from the country’s natural resource exports, including palm oil, due to practices such as under-invoicing, transfer pricing, and inaccurate export reporting.

InfoSAWIT, PADANG – Fresh fruit bunch (FFB) prices for palm oil in West Sumatra Province declined during the third pricing period of May 2026, reflecting weaker conditions in the downstream palm oil market and ongoing volatility in global vegetable oil prices.

InfoSAWIT, BOGOR – Civil society organization Sawit Watch has criticized the government’s plan to establish a centralized export management body for strategic commodities, including crude palm oil (CPO), warning that the policy could weaken independent smallholders and concentrate market power in the hands of a few major players.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) prices at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) continued to face withdrawal (WD) during Thursday’s trading session (21/5/2026), reflecting persistent pressure in both the domestic and global palm oil markets. Weak export demand and declining vegetable oil prices weighed heavily on sentiment.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The government’s plan to restructure the export governance of natural resource commodities through Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia (DSI) should be positioned as a reform of supervision and trade transparency systems, rather than merely a change in the actor handling palm oil export transactions.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesia is preparing to launch a sweeping reform of its natural resource export governance system after President Prabowo Subianto officially announced a new government regulation aimed at tightening oversight of strategic commodity exports, increasing state revenues, and preventing foreign exchange leakages.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) has revealed that a significant number of partnership-based Smallholder Palm Oil Replanting Program (PSR) applications continue to fail during both administrative and field verification stages, highlighting persistent structural and regulatory challenges facing Indonesia’s replanting efforts.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) prices at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) increased on Tuesday (19/5/2026), tracking stronger sentiment in the regional palm oil market amid rising speculation over Indonesia’s potential export control policies.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The Indonesian government is preparing a major overhaul of the country’s commodity export governance through the planned establishment of a National Export Agency focused on strategic commodities, particularly crude palm oil (CPO), coal, and mineral-based products.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – Fresh fruit bunch (FFB) prices for independent oil palm smallholders in Riau Province climbed again for the period of May 20–26, 2026, reflecting continued strength in the domestic palm oil market.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) prices for plasma smallholder oil palm plantations in Riau Province declined during the May 20–26, 2026 pricing period, following the latest pricing agreement issued by the provincial pricing team.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Smallholder Palm Oil Replanting Program (PSR) continues to face major obstacles, ranging from land legality issues and overlapping regulations to farmers’ concerns over losing income during the replanting period.

InfoSAWIT, PALEMBANG – In most accounts of Indonesia’s plantation history, the story of palm oil almost always begins in Tanah Deli, North Sumatra. It is there that commercial oil palm plantations are widely believed to have first flourished before eventually transforming Indonesia into the world’s largest palm oil producer, controlling 57.49 percent of global output today.

InfoSAWIT, SOUTH SORONG – Violence erupted at the oil palm plantation area of PT Permata Putra Mandiri (PPM) in Kais District, South Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua, after a mob attack left four workers injured and caused extensive damage to employee housing facilities.

InfoSAWIT, SAROLANGUN – A protest against the operations of PT SMM’s palm oil mill in Sarolangun Regency, Jambi, turned tense on Wednesday (13/5/2026) as dozens of residents, dominated by women and children from Pelawan Jaya Village, gathered outside the Sarolangun Regent’s office demanding the closure of the facility.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) prices at PT Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) rose again on Monday (18/5/2026), supported by stronger trading sentiment in the Malaysian palm oil futures market amid rising global crude oil prices.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – The Riau Police’s Special Criminal Investigation Directorate (Ditreskrimsus) has named PT MM as a corporate suspect in an alleged environmental crime case linked to oil palm cultivation activities within the buffer zone of the Air Hitam River, a tributary of the Nilo River, in Ukui District, Pelalawan Regency.