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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) was not changing, still at Rp 10.700/kg pada Tuesday (27/9/2022). It was still the same with Monday (26/9/2022) tender which was at Rp 10.700/kg.

InfoSAWIT, AGRA – Palm oil exports from Indonesia could be increasing in the second semester this year because of the temporary zero levy. But the total exports from Indonesia could be much less in 2022 than the prediction that reached 33,7 million tons because of the previous lockdown, as quoted from Reuters.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) price at Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange decreased almost 7% on Monday (26/9/2022) because of the cheaper other vegetable oil price when many concern about global recession and the warning of advance analysts that predicted, CPO could be cheaper 30% until the late of this year because of abundant supply but decreasing demands.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Two new members - Jacky and Ting-Ting were officlally released in the siamang (simpalangus syndactilus) conservation areas that palm oil plantation company, PT Kencana Sawit Indonesia, Wilmar group manages in District of South Solok, West Sumatera Province. The two complete siamang population in the conservation areas to be 22 individuals in total.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR - RHB Research noted, the hidden request from the sensitive countries to crude palm oil (CPO) price, such as, China, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh could maintain CPO is still expensive knowing that the stocks are small in numbers until now.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – For having population about 115 million men, fat and oil consumption in Philippine reached 1,7 million metric tons (MT) in 2021, or increased 41.000 tons or about 2,5% compared to 2020. Palm oil is the main consumption in the country that contributed about 76,7% of the total oil and fat in the country in 2021.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –The book “Fakta Kelapa Sawit Indonesia” published by Indonesian Palm Oil Board (IPOB) in 2010 noted some facts about palm oil. Of course, the facts are from official information.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Ten years passed. There were many discussions and plans to replant palm oil plantation in China after it failed for the low production.

InfoSAWIT, SEI RAMPAH – Juardi, a villager of Sukasari, Sub district of Pegajahan, District of Serdang Bedagai (Sergai), North Sumatera Province, just looked for parts of palm oil tree (umbut) to be cooked as vegetables ten years ago.

InfoSAWIT, BATANGHARI LEKO – After knowing the report from plasma smallholders, Regent in duty of Musi Banyuasin (Muba), H Apriyadi directly responded and handled the case with palm oil plantation company, PT. Musi Banyuasin Indah (MBI) in the office of Sub district of Batang Hari Leko (BHL).

InfoSAWIT, BOGOR – Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support scholarship for 7 (seven) educational institutions, such as, AKPY STIPER, Politeknik Kelapa Sawit Citra Widya Edukasi, Politeknik LPP, Politeknik Kampar, Institut Teknologi Sawit Indonesia, ITSB and INSTIPER.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – (Crude) palm oil (CPO) supply in Malaysia reached more than two million tons for the first time the past two years. It is predicted, the numbers would be more and this is one of the reasons why CPO gets cheaper from its most expensive price in April 2022.

InfoSAWIT, BOGOR — In the recent days, Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) did memorandum of understanding (MoU) about Research and Development (RD) and Scholarship for students in 2022.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In its progress, Vegetable Fuel Policy is taken not as energy independence. In 2009, former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced the first climate commitment to make vegetable fuel as one strategy. After that, vegetable fuel re-raised up in Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to minimize or reduce emission up to 11% - 15,5% from Business as Usual scenario in 2030 in energy sector and realize net zero emission in 2060 or sooner.

InfoSAWIT, SEI RAMPAH – The villagers’ income in two villages in District of Serdang Bedagai (Sergai) is not from palm oil plantation. They get additional income by processing palm oil midrib from the plantations of PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) III of Kebun Tanah Raja to be palm oil sticks.

InfoSAWIT, PALANGKA RAYA – In a Sarasehan Sawit Rakyat and the declaration of Forum Petani Mandiri Kalteng which were initited by Central Kalimantan Plantation Agency, Assistant of Economy and Development Regional Secretariat of Central Kalimantan Province, Leonard S. Ampung told, in this situation when the inflation nearly reaches 7% and Central Kalimantan is in the third rank in Indonesia, it means, the people’s buying capability is not good enough. It is multiplied by the expensive fuel and fresh fruit bunch (FFB) price gets more expensive still.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Ikhsan Gunawan said, sustainable palm oil plantation practices in Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) scheme is the government’s admission to smallholders if they realize sustainable cultivation, to get increasing fresh fruit bunch (FFB) production and to be accepted in national and international levels.

InfoSAWIT, KUALA LUMPUR – In the early September 2022, CGS-CIMB reported that crude palm oil (CPO) price would remain expensive though the stocks increase because of the RBD Olein gets discount in Malaysia and soyoil in Argentina. The price gap could be about US$ 358 per ton per 1 September compared to the late five years until 2021 which reached only about US$ 90 per ton.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Palm oil plantation conflicts always happen, not only among the people but also because of overlapping ones. What about the solution?

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) increased to be Rp 11.216/kg on Thursday (22/9/2022). It means, it increased Rp 30/Kg compared to Wednesday (21/9/2022) tender which was Rp 11.186/kg.