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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Chairman of Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA), Eddy Martono said the government published the Government’s Regulation Number 39 / 2021 about The Implementation of Halal Product Guarantee. Chapter 1 paragraph 2 and 3 mentions that halal products are the goods and or services that have something to do with food, drink, medicine, cosmetic, chemical products, biologic products, artificial genetic products, and other goods that are used, worn, and taken for advantages by the people that the halal guarantee has been declared by Islamic laws.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was in withdraw (WD) with the highest bid Rp. 13.799/kg on Tuesday (1/10/2024). It meant to get decreased Rp 179/kg or about 1,28% to Monday (30/9/2024) tender that was Rp 13.978/kg.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Plsma and FFB Documents of Riau Province Number 36 on 2 - 8 October 2024, the 9 year old FFB is getting increased Rp 86,24/Kg to be Rp 3.294,76/kg.

InfoSAWIT, SAMARINDA – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of East Kalimantan Province to decided FFB price in the second period - September 2024 (16 - 30 September 2024), the > 10 year old FFB is getting increased Rp 22,62/kg to be Rp 2.837,99/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, PONTIANAK – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of West Kalimantan Province for the third period – September 2024 to pay FFB on 23 - 30 September 2024), the 10 – 20 year old FFB is getting got increased Rp 24,85/kg to be Rp 2.963,79/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – As part of industries in natural resource – base in Indonesia, palm oil business that focuses on the cultivation is taken to escalate the villagers to urban’s' welfare to go forward and develop.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Palm oil partnership supervision by Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KPPU) is now supported by the close regulation. It is hoped there would be continuous improvement in partnership implementations; the trust principle and profitable benefits would remain always.

In the recent days, the government announced the significant change in plantation fund management. Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PO PFMA) would be substituted to be Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) and would deal with not only palm oil but also the other commodities, such as, cocoa, rubber, and coffee. The decision raised contradiction both from the stakeholders and smallholders.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) Inacom was Rp. 13.978/kg on Monday (30/9/2024). It meant to get decreased Rp 26/kg or about 0,19% to Friday (27/9/2024) tender that was Rp 14.004/kg.

InfoSAWIT, BRUSSELS – Vice Minister of Trade, Jerry Sambuaga said that Indonesia and Beligium would track down to get cooperation in sustainable trade. The two countries would be committed to increase the environmental standard and practices to process sustainable resources and develop renewable energy.

InfoSAWIT, LAMANDAU – Regency of Lamandau, Central Kalimantan Province conducted socialization about smallholders replanting program (SRP) to increase the plantations productivity and smallholders’ income in the regency. The socialization was for the planters, namely the independent and plasma ones.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - PT Sampoerna Agro Tbk (SGRO) would be consistently committed to implement palm oil replanting program this year even though the challenges are ahead.

InfoSAWIT, LAOS – Subholding PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) IV (PalmCo) re-got the international scale achievement by getting the 2024 ASEAN Energy Awards (AEA). It was handed over by ASEAN Center for Energy (ACE) as the acknowledgment on the company’s commitment to take advantages on new renewable energy by processing palm oil mill effluent (POME).

InfoSAWIT, BANDAR LAMPUNG – Governor in duty of Lampung, Samsudin, officially launched social insurance program for the vulnerable workers in palm oil sector through palm oil profit sharing fund. It was in the Novotel Hotel, Thursday (26/09/2024). The program would cover the workers in five regencies, such as, Mesuji, Tulang Bawang, Way Kanan, Lampung Timur, and Pesisir Barat.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA) reported that crude palm oil (CPO) exports from Indonesia significantly got decreased to be 2.241 thousand tons in July 2024 from 3.385 thousand tons in June or reached 1.144 thousand tons.

InfoSAWIT, RIO DE JANEIRO – The small numbers of soyoil production in Brazil delivered concern to many stakeholders, even when the supply issues in Argentina got worse. Soyoil, the main material to produce biodiesel, could not be found because of logistic issue in the Parana River, Argentina. This made unbalanced demands and limited supply much worse in Argentina.

InfoSAWIT, BUENOS AIRES – The decreasing water debit in the upstream sector of Parana River, Argentina, because of the dry season, blocked the water transportation and made soyoil and biodiesel more expensive in Brazil. This really disturbed vegetable oil supply chain the regions and significantly delivered impacts to the international scale trade.

InfoSAWIT, BANDUNG – Central Kalimantan Province through its Plantation Agency joined the technical development meeting about palm oil profit sharing fund optimization. It was conducted by Ministry of Finance in the office of General Directorate of Customs, Bandung, West Java Province.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The Supreme Court rejected the judicial review by oleh Surya Darmadi, the convicted in the land use change corruption in Riau Province. It means, the sentence – 16 years in jail, would remain still. The sentence was read by Supreme Court Judge, Suharto, Thursday, 19 September 2024 and confirmed by the official page of the Supreme Court on Friday, 27 September 2024.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – The Government of Malaysia would accelerate the initiative to help the smallholders to obey European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) that would be implemented on 30 December 2024. It would ban commodity imports, such as, palm oil that relates to deforestation to be imported to European Union countries. Minister of Plantation and Comodity Malaysia, Johari Abdul Ghani said it on Friday.