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JAKARTA – Secretary of Marine and Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti said, Indonesian fisheries, kinds of seafood are about to be embargo by European Union (EU) countries, just as same as the palm oil commodity.

KOTO GASIB – Palm oil farmers in Village of Buatan II,  Subdistrict of Koto Gasib, District of Siak complained the cheaper selling fruit price.

JAKARTA - Cargo Surveyor Intertek Testing Services and Societe Generale de Surveillance plan to release Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) export data happened in March, 2015.

JAKARTA – Government of Indonesia through Ministry of Trade re-runns the extension of free export tax or Out Fee (OF) on crude palm oil (CPO).

BAGAN SINEMBAH–Chairman of Cooperation ofHimpunanKerukunanPetani Perkebunan (HKP2) Rokan Hilir (Rohil), Ahmad ErsonManalusaid, the people’s main plantations which are in the district have been old and they need replanting programme. It needs helps from the investors to run the replanting programme or the ex transmigration regions.

JAKARTA–The government’s plan to reduce or decrease the threshold of crude palm oil (CPO) out fee (OF) to be about US$ 500-600/ton is thought to burden the palm oil farmers.

JAKARTA - Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) reported a palm oil licence involving 1.225 hectares in Leuser Ecosystem Region to the Curruption Eradication Commission (CEC). The area is in Sabussalam and it is suspected belonging to PT Indo Sawit Perkasa.

LANGKAT – The officers of Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari - Orangutan Information Centre (YOSL-OIC) and BBKSDA, North Sumatera Province evacuated sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) in Village of Kuala Musam, District of Langkat, North Sumatera, MOnday (30/3).

NEW DELHI–Crude palm oil (CPO) price increased 0,48% to be Rs 437 /10 kg in the stock exchange, Monday (30/3), for the speculators made the new position to the demands in the spot markets.

JAKARTA – The Regulation of Secretary of Agriculture about the mandatory of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) will limit the time about next six months to palm oil companies to have the certification.

 KUALASIMPANG – On Sunday (29/3), Forum EkosistemLeuser (FKL) together withYayasanHutanAlamdanLingkungan Aceh (HAKA) damaged thousands of palm oil trees in a 1.071 hectare area which was in the Leuser Ecosystem Region, in Village of Tenggulun, Subdistrict of Tenggulun, District of Aceh Tamiang.

JAKARTA–Ministry of Agriculture, on Monday (30/3) did National Work Meeting Special Efforts, 2015 with the theme “The accelaration of Special Efforts to Strategic Commodity and the Infrastructures of Agriculture to Support Food Self Supporting through Change -State Budget, 2015”.

DENPASAR–Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) claimed, the mandatory of the mixture of vegetable fuel about 15% to the diesel will not increase the diesel price.

JAKARTA –Professor of Economy from Riau University, Almasdisaid, palm oil plantations in Riau develop fast. In 2013, for example, the area has been 2,3 millions hectares within the fruit production about more than 43 millions of tons. The people’s plantations reached about 56%.

PANGKALPINANG–Hundreds of palm oil workers in Bangka Belitung (Babel) Province are hit by breathing infection because of the uncertain weather.

JAKARTA–The government of Indonesia has officially run the increasing mandatory policy about the mixture of vegetable fuel to diesel to be 15% which starts from April 1st, 2015.

TANAH LAUT–The Regional Government of Tanah Laut, South Kalimantan Province develops biogas energy from palm oil waste to solve the energy crisis in the region.

AEK KUO –Palm oil farmers in Dusun III, Village of Aek Korsik, Subditrict of Aek Kuo, District of North Labuhanbatu felt sorry for the heavy tool operator, kinds of Beko who damaged their palm oil plantation.

BENGKULU – Governor of Bengkulu, Junaidi Hamsyah asked, the people who live in the outer island of Enggano should not plant palm oil tree in order to maintain the clean and fresh water.

UJUNG  TANAH – The leak of palm oil tube belonging to PT Incasi Raya makes the people around the river side of Batang Arau, Village of Ujung Tanah, Subdistrict of Lubuk Begalung, Padang, complain.