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InfoSAWIT, SAMARINDA – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of East Kalimantan Province to calculate FFB price in the first period - January 2024 (1 - 15 January 2024), it is decided that the > 10 year old FFB is increasing Rp 11,71/kg to be Rp 2.304,41/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, PETALING JAYA – In December 2023, palm oil stocks in Malaysia decreased 4,64%, or the lowest level in the past three months. This was generally the same with palm oil production. The increasing production because of El Nino in the last quarter of 2023 encouraged Malaysia got the highest level since 2018 or increased 0,16 million tons, from 5,11 million tons to be 5,27 million tons, compared to the same period in 2022.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Jambi Province where palm oil plantations develop for about 1.134.640 hectares, plays significant roles in plantation industries in Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Union Sampoerna Triputra Persada (USTP), a national scale palm oil industry in Central Kalimantan Province invited qualified and excited individuals Tengahto join the company. With the commitment to be the best company, USTP implements "Operation Excellence" principle in each process to make sustainable palm oil as the main goal and take every worker, people, and partners to get success together.

InfoSAWIT, MUKOMUKO - 450 high school students from the 12^th grade in District of Mukomuko actively joined "Sawit Baik Goes to School" that was running in three high schools, they were, SMAN 06 Mukomuko, SMAN 10 Mukomuko, adn SMAN 13 Mukomuko on 11 to 13 January 2024. It was supported by Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA).

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT Perusahaan Gas Negara, Tbk (PGN), as sub-holding of Gas Pertamina, together with JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC), Osaka Gas Co., Ltd, and INPEX CORPORATION, announced the deep study about having biomethane commercial that derives from palm oil mill effluent (POME) in Indonesia by the late of September 2023.

InfoSAWIT, PALANGKARAYA – Central Kalimantan Province keeps trying the strategies to realize Regional Action Plan Sustainable Palm Oil or Rencana Aksi Daerah Kelapa Sawit Berkelanjutan (RAD KSB) by implementing regulation and getting solution on palm oil plantation legal based on every available regulation. one main focus is to get solution about palm oil plantations that develop in forest regions.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – University plays crucial roles to encourage sustainable development and innovation, including the palm oil – cow integrated program of sistem integrasi sapi sawit (SISKA).

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Director of PalmCo, Jatmiko K. Santosa said, to escalate smallholders’ welfare, PalmCo would involve smallholders to actively be equal to big companies, such as, PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN). “We do not want that the smallholders as marginal parties,” he said in an event that InfoSAWIT attended in Jakarta.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Sustainable palm oil initiative would play important roles to positively deliver impacts for the local people particularly to escalate their sources of living and promote environmental conservation.

InfoSAWIT, BRUSSEL – Member of European Parliament (MEP) came to a conclusion for new regulation to intensify terms and condition of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in European Union (EU) on 13 September 2023.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – To reinforce the position of strategic commodity in Indonesia, Head of Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency, Ministry of Trade, Kasan Muhri said that the establishment of Indonesia Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Exchange on 13 October 2023, would be the strategic thing.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – Palm oil industries in Malaysia significantly get the progress within the latest breakthrough by Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). The finding of Shell Gene or palm oil shell gen is taken as the factor to determine the most important genetic in palm oil. The revolutionary finding was followed up by developing diagnostic DNA test for the gen. This would be the history for palm oil sector.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Dewan Energi Nasional (DEN) Indonesia claimed that fuel in palm oil - base or known as palm oil gasoline or bensin sawit (Bensa) would be potential to be alternative fuel. Bensa is hoped to substitute pertalite and pertamax that people use to ride or drive.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender atb PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) was Rp 11.800/kg on Friday (12/1/2024). It means, it increased Rp 99/kg or about 0,85% compared to Thursday (11/1/2024) tender that was Rp 11.701/kg.

InfoSAWIT, BANDUNG – A researcher of Ahli Madya from Pusat Riset Vaksin dan Obat managed by Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN), Asep Bayu successfully found the research to develop E super vitamin which is full of tocotrienol. It is taken as the potential to get immune therapy for cancer that significantly joins economic profits and biological advantages.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – 24.444 hectares palm oil plantations in Riau Province got smallholders replanting program (SRP). The initiative successfully delivered advantages for 13.665 families, helped them to escalate plantation productivity and create positive impacts for the local economy.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Jambi Province on 12-18 January 2024, it is decided that the 10 – 20 year old FFB is increasing Rp 1,20/Kg to be Rp 2.446,92/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) released palm oil production in the country in 2024 on Thursday (11/1/2024), General Director of MPOB, Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir said that palm oil production in Malaysia could be reaching 18,75 million tons, the numbers significantly indicated the recovery in labor condition.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Sub Holding Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero), PalmCo announced to cancel the plan of initial public offering (IPO) in Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) this year. Director of PalmCo, Jatmiko Santosa said that the decision was taken after considering the market condition which many not deliver profits.