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Pekanbaru – Members of Commission 2, Legislative of South Sumatera admired the palm oil progress in Riau for about last one decade. The development of plantation commodity between South Sumatera and Riau was in the same time, the licence was given by the central government. Now it is good that Riau will be the role model of national plantation development.

Salakan – Palm oil company,  PT Agrodeco Dutakarsa by the end of April 2014 has performed 38 groups of cooperation of the ordinary plasma farmers from 8 subdistricts around Peling island, including 2 farmer groups from Central Peling.

Jakarta – After making the biodiesel mandatory of palm oil biodiesel absorption, the government will regulate the blending of avtur and biodiesel in 2016.

Jakarta –  Governor of Central Kalimantan, Teras Nanang claimed, palm oil plantations in the region will not harm the productive agriculture areas. He ensured, all the planted regions have been officially legalized by the Ministry of Forestry.

Jakarta – General Secretary of Ministry of Transportation, Santoso Ediwibowo said, the goverment is making obligation to use bioavtur in phase to substitute nowadays avtur used in the aeroplane.

Salakan -  Palm oil company from Central Sulawesi, PT Agrodeco Dutakarsa has convinced the people of Bangke District, especially the plasma and independent farmers and bought 30 thousands palm oil seeds from the national palm oil producer, PT Sasaran Ehsan Mekarsari (SEM).

Jakarta – General Director of  Air Transportation, Ministry of Transportation, Herry Bakti said that avtur and vegetable oil has not problem at all because the mechine in the airplane could run as usual. “There is no problem at all (avtur is mixed by vegetable oil (VO)),” Herry recently said in Jakarta.

Jakarta – Indonesia will save 1 million kiloliter avtur by mixing 2% of biodiesel to it. This happens for the Desicion of Secretary of Transportation No 201/2013.

JAKARTA –Palm Oil Farmers Union hoped that the new government should evaluate the price of palm oil fruit for it often decreases.

JAKARTA - PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI) acquired 100% of shares belonging to to palm oil plantation company, locating in East Kalimantan, PT Palma Plantasindo, by spending Rp 309 billions.

JAKARTA – In the first semester2014(6M14), PTSampoernaAgroTbk, booked Rp1,455.81billionsor44% higher than the same period than last year which was Rp1,010.97billions.

JAKARTA - PTSampoernaAgroTbkin the first semerster 2014 (6M14)got the better yield when processing the fruit in the factory and making the better output of CPO about 43% to be 142.045tons in6M14to the same period in last year which reaching 99.459tons.

JAKARTA – Palm oil company, PTSampoernaAgroTbk, got increasing productions in last several months significantly. The price of fruit in the first semerster 2014 (6M14)reached691.942tonsor it increased 37% higher than the same period in last year.

JAKARTA –The decreasing demand of crude palm oil is suspected by the negative sentiment, made by International Monetary Funds (IMF) which is about to revise the global development in the second semester 2014. The importer countries, such as, India, Japan, China have prepared their stocks. Indonesia Palm Oil Businessmen Association (IPOBA) said so, Monday, (21/7/2014).

BENGKULU– Based on the decision of the price of the fresh fruit in Bengkulu, for the II period, the fruit of three years old would be Rp 1.282/kg, four years old would be Rp 1.412/kg, five years old, Rp 1.464/kg, six year old Rp 1.517/kg. Seven years old, as Kupas Bengkulu wrote, Monday (22/7/2014) would be 1.572/kg, eight years old Rp 1.620/kg, nine years old  Rp 1.662/kg and 10 to 20 years old would be Rp 1.701/kg.

CROSS RIVER–Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resource of Cross River in cooperation with Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Village Development have distributed palm oil seeds to the farmers in 2014.

JAKARTA–Palm oil company, PTSawitSumbermasSarana Tbk (SSMS) recently reported, the production of fresh fruit in the first quarter 2014 increased 24% to be 211.600tonsfrom175.290tonsin the same period in 2013.

JAKARTA–Executive Director of Indonesia Palm Oil Businessmen Association (IPOBA) Fadhil Hasan said, there were inceasing export activities to some countries, expecially in the most moslem civils.  This happened for the increasing consumption during Ramadhan and Idul Fitri.

SYDNEY – Secretary of Trade, Republic of Indonesia, Muhammad did billateral meeting with Secretary of Economic Development of Russia, A.V. Ulykaev, Saturday, (19/7) in Sydney, Australia.

JAKARTA – In the holy month of Ramadhan, crude palm oil (CPO) demands usually increase significantly. But this Ramadhan, the CPO and the derivative demands were so lethargic and beyond expectation. Indonesian Palm Oil Businessmen Association (IPOBA) said so, Monday (21/7/2014).