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InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – District of Kayong Utara got helps in the form of water tans for the people from Artha Graha Peduli (AGP) through PT. Pasifik Agro Sentosa (PAS), PT. Cipta Usaha Sejati (CUS) and PT. Jalin Vaneo (JV) that operate in the district.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Bilateral meeting which was followed up by palm oil industrial discussion between Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Commodity and Plantation, Malaysia, YAB Dato’ Sri Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof; and Coordinator Minister in Economy Indonesia, H.E. Airlangga Hartarto representing Board of Minister of Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) was held on 9 February 2023 at Hotel Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta.

InfoSAWIT, JAMBI – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team of Jambi Province on 10 - 16 February 2023, it is decided that the 10 – 20 year old FFB is getting better Rp 26,6/Kg to be Rp 2.518,25/Kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and National Endowment for Democracy (NED) through Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) to encourage more transparent and no corruption in sustainable palm oil sectors in Indonesia.

InfoSAWIT, MEDAN – Press plays the big roles to support palm oil industries in Indonesia. That is why the synergy between press and stakeholders in palm oil industries needs to get better.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) got better to be Rp 11.940/kg on Thursday (9/2/2023). It means it got better Rp 5/Kg compared to Wednesday (8/2/2023) tender which was Rp 11.935/kg.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – TuK Indonesia and Trisakti Sustainability Center did evaluate sustainable financial to 37 bank KBMI III, KBMI IV, and foreign banks in 2019 – 2021. The goal is about to know how far the banks implemented the regulation POJK 51/2017. The result analysis showed that social and economic aspects dominated in the period. The highest disclosure in Bank KBMI III and IV was social aspects that many banks did increasing social activity while foreign banks did increase economic aspect the most. In each category of disclosure, the environment aspect was the lowest though every year the banks showed increasing trend.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In palm oil plantation scandal belonging to Surya Darmadi, other sentence was read to former Regent of Indragiri Hulu, Raja Thamsir Rachman by “zoom".

InfoSAWIT, JAKATA – United States Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) changed what they found about forced labor in Sime Darby Plantation Berhad (SDP). It means, USCBP would deliver palm oil import permit to SDP in the United States of America (USA) immediately.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Sustainable palm oil plantation and people’s plantation governance have been regulated in many versions, such as, President’s Regulation Number 44 / 2020 about Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) Certification System; the Regulation of Minister of Agriculture (RMA) Number 1 / 2018 about Guidelines of Fresh Fruit Bunch Price Decision that Planters Produced; RMA Number 38 / 2020 about Sustainable Palm Oil Plantation Certification Enforcement; and Regulation of West Kalimantan Governor Number 3 / 2022 about Province Action Plan Sustainable Palm Oil of West Kalimantan.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Senior economist of Universitas Indonesia, Faisal Basri told crude palm oil (CPO) production in Indonesia is quite enough to fulfill every need in our country, both for food and energy.

InfoSAWIT, DENPASAR – When monitoring daily needs price and supply at Pasar Kreneng, Denpasar, Bali Province, Saturday (4/2/2023), Minister of Trade, Zulkifli Hasan emphasized, simple packaged palm cooking oil "Minyakita" supplies would be more in traditional markets at Rp 14.000/liter.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Coordinator Minister in Maritime and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan told he knew that heading to Ramadhan bulk palm cooking oil gets more expensive. That is why the government still observes if palm cooking oil consumption gets shift from buying premium palm cooking oil to ‘Minyakita’, which is the way for the government to muffle expensive palm cooking oil in this country to be the same as the highest retail price (HRP) which is Rp.14.000/liter.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Crude palm oil (CPO) tender at PT. Kharisma Pemasaran Bersama Nusantara (KPBN) got better to be Rp 11.921/kg on Tuesday (7/2/2023). It increased Rp 226/Kg compared to Monday (6/2/2023) tender which was Rp 11.695/kg.

InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – According to Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Team and FFB Documents of Riau Province Number 6 on 8 – 14 February 2023, it is decided that the 10 – 20 year old FFB is getting better Rp 82,13 /Kg to be Rp 2.630,78g.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Crude palm oil (CPO) which gets pressure from out fee and levy really burdens many smallholders. The most of fund that Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) manages, unfortunately, should be distributed to giant corporates that have biodiesel industries.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – In the recent days, Yayasan FORTASBI Indonesia, General Directorate of Plantation Ministry of Agriculture, and Mutu Institute did training in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan on 31 January – 2 February 2023.

InfoSAWIT, KETAPANG – Palm oil plantation company, PT Kayung Agro Lestari (KAL), the subsidiary of PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk (ANJ) got Penghargaan Wajib Pajak Air Permukaan (PAP) – the highest award in plantation sector in West Kalimantan in 2022. The award was symbolically handed over by West Kalimantan Secretary, dr. Harisson, M.Kes to the representative of KAL in the commemoration of West Kalimantan anniversary at the yard of West Kalimantan Governor Office, City of Pontianak, Saturday (28/1/2023).

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The government’s plan through Ministry of Trade to get crude palm oil (CPO) reference price through Badan Pengawas Perdagangan Berjangka Komoditi (Bappebti) is welcome by the stakeholders and smallholders in South Sumatera.

InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The government is optimist that biodiesel mixture to diesel up to 35% or B35 would have positive response in many indicators such as, economy, social, and environment, just like the previous program, B30.