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RANTAU – Palm oil fruit price in Labuhanbatu in last three months decreases. By Sunday (1/2), the price in the collector was Rp 1.100/kg or it decreased from the last day, which was Rp 1.400/kg.

JAKARTA – On Monday (2/2), Central Statistic Agency reported, in January, there was deficit 0,24% with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) about 118,71. While the inflation year on year (January 2015 to January 2014) was 6,96%.

TELUK KUANTAN – Forestry Agency through Tim Terpadu Penertiban Kawasan Hutan or Forest Area Curbing Team  plans to cut off illegal palm oil trees which are in limited production forest (LPF), protected forest and other kinds of forests.

JAKARTA - Badan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT) claimed, biomass technology which is developed is ready to support the domestic production of vegetable fuel (VF).

BANGKOK – For the first time, 9.000 tons of crude palm oil (CPO) arrived in port of Siam Gas, in Samut Prakan, Thailand, Friday (30/1). The CPO will be distributed to the factory to be processed to be cooking oil. The delivery is to fulfill the lack of stocks there.

BELU – District of Belu, East Nusa Tenggara starts to send 178 human resources from the border area of Indonesian Republic – Timor Leste. They will work in palm oil plantation in East Kalimantan.

LONDON - DekelOil Ltd knew, in January, palm oil production was increasing twice folds than its 51% shares in Ayenounan Factory in Ivory Coast. The company hoped to produce 2.000 tons of crude palm oil (CPO) in January more than 100% of CPO in December.

JAKARTA – PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI), palm oil plantation company, Wednesday (28/1) announced, the company has officially acquired 50% shares of PT Kreasijaya Adhikarya. PT Kreasijaya is the Malaysian palm oil business unit having refinery within 2.000 tons/day capacity.

LONDON – Crude palm oil price (CPO) on Thursday (29/1) was cheaper because of the slow demand in the soybean oil markets in United States of America.
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JAKARTA – Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA) mentioned, the average price of crude palm oil (CPO) in 2014 was just about US$ 818,2 /ton.

MEDAN – One big palm oil company in Indonesia, Asian Agri commits to prepare qualified and reliable human resources. By Asian Agri Learning Institute (AAALI) programme, the company is consistent to prepare the candidates of qualified planters through Regular for Graduate Trainee and Refreshing Programmes both in Managerial, Leadership and Technical.

JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) export to United States of America (USA) was satisfied in 2014 though the stock of soybean oil was abundant in the country. In the middle of last year, USA increased to use biodiesel within soybean oil as the feedstock which United States Department of Agriculture had funded.

ROHIL – The Government of Rokan Hilir (Rohil), Riau Province re – runs the aid programme to the plantation farmers, that is, distributing palm oil seeds freely.

PEKANBARU – Crude palm  oil (CPO) trade in the global markets is fluctuative still. In January 2015, CPO is still influenced by the competitiveness of CPO and other kinds of vegetable oil which are sunflower, soybean, corn, and other commodities.

MUNA – District of Muna, Southern Sulawesi Province is being considered by palm oil investors from Kalimantan. The investors thought, palm oil in Muna is also as good as in the other regions in the province, such as, Konawe, North Konawe, South Konawe and Kolaka.

JAKARTA – Based on the data from Indonesian Palm Oil Businessmen Association (IPOBA), the total CPO and derivative export from Indonesia in 2014 just 21,76 millions of tons or they increased 2,5% than the exports in 2013, which reaching 31,5 millions of tons (including biodiesel and oleochemical). But the production increased 5% than it in last year which was 30 millions of tons.

KUANTAN SINGING – Government of Indonesia keeps trying to develop sustainable palm oil. One of them is by obliging to have Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) for the businessmen or the planters.

KUALA LUMPUR - Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK), on January 12th, 2015 announced to help the employees and the people hitting by the flood in Kelantan. The company gave more than RM1.000.000.

JAKARTA – Company in port service, PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I (Pelindo I)will expand 5 port projects in this year.

GHANA–Agribusiness company running agriculture in west countryB-bovid, tries to promote sustainable agriculture cultivation, food security and solving the poverty in the farmers lives.