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Mumbai. Representatives from the world’s largest crude palm oil (CPO) producers, Indonesia and Malaysia, were in India on Wednesday to attend a related conference and seek opportunities to enhance market access. This move comes as sales to the European Union have been hindered by the Deforestation Regulation. Indonesia and Malaysia, both prominent CPO-producing countries, are the…
TEMPO.CO, Tashkent, Uzbekistan – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) and the Uzbekistan Fats & Oils Association/Assotsiasiya “Uzyog’moysanoat” signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish cooperation in the field of expertise exchange in vegetable oil production and processing at Tashkent International Hotel in Uzbekistan, September 14, 2023, according to the Indonesian Embassy in Tashkent. Based…
Researcher from the Institute for Economic and Social Research of Universitas Indonesia Eugenia Mardanugraha said that the EU’s Anti Deforestation Law (EUDR) is Europe’s line of action to control the prices of palm oil. According to Eugenia, the regulation to prevent agricultural import in relation to illegal deforestation is no more than the EU’s ploy to…
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Jakarta. China will likely purchase 8 million tons of Indonesian palm oil in 2024 after imports suffered a decline amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an association of the commodity’s producers. Beijing has been the top buyer of Indonesian palm oil by country since 2019 with imports reaching 8.15 million tons that year. However, the pandemic caused China…
Jakarta. Indonesia’s economy expanded by 5.17 percent in the second quarter of 2023, continuing its robust recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic and positioning the nation among the world’s top-performing economies in key indicators, Chief Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto said on Monday. This latest data marks the seventh successive quarter in which the economy has grown by…
Jakarta – The government will apply biodiesel 35 or B35 simultaneously nationwide starting Tuesday, August 1. B35 is a fuel with 35 percent biofuel (BBN) mixed into fuel oil (BBM). The B35 was first launched on February 1 this year. “Since February 1, some places actually already have B35. But there are still several [business entities] terminals…
Jakarta – A Trade Attache to the Indonesian Embassy for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia stated that Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Company (SALIC) is interested to invest in vegetable oil products or palm oil in Indonesia. “Concerning edible oil, SALIC is very interested to cooperate with Indonesia and Indonesia is one of the biggest crude palm oil…
Indonesia’s state-owned energy company, Pertamina, has introduced a new gasoline product that includes 5 percent bioethanol derived from sugar molasses. This move is part of the country’s efforts to enhance the availability of renewable fuels. Pertamina has recently commenced sales of “Pertamax Green 95,” a premium gasoline blended with 5 percent bioethanol, in both Jakarta…
Jakarta – Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi held a bilateral meeting with Portuguese Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho in Jakarta on Monday. During the meeting they discussed a number of issues, which include palm oil, investments, and maritime cooperation. “During our meeting with Minister Cravinho, we discussed a number of collaborations, including on…
MUMBAI – India’s July edible oil imports were set to jump to a record 1.86 million metric tons, nearly 60% more than normal, as refiners raised purchases to build stocks for festivals amid uncertainty over supplies from the Black Sea, dealers and cargo surveyors said on Tuesday, 25 July 2023. Higher purchases by the world’s…
Indonesian state-owned energy company Pertamina has launched sales of gasoline containing 5% of bioethanol made from sugar molasses in two cities, as the country aims to expand the availability of renewable fuels. Pertamina said it has started selling Pertamax Green 95, its 95-octane gasoline mixed with 5% bioethanol, in 15 petrol stations in the capital…
India’s palm oil imports jumped 56% to a three-month high in June, as buyers took advantage of a dip in prices to increase purchases, a leading trade body said. Imports rose to 683,133 metric tons in June, up from 439,173 metric tons in May as prices fell to their lowest in 28 months, the Mumbai-based…
Malaysian palm oil futures ended with a modest recovery on Friday and logged a third consecutive weekly gain as the strength in rival edible oils countered a firmer yen. The benchmark palm oil contract for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed 12 ringgit, or 0.3%, higher at 3,877 ringgit ($857.17) a metric ton. Palm…
Jakarta – The Indonesian government has given the green light for the oil palm growers’ proposal to establish a special institution which is focused on developing and managing the country’s palm oil industries. Musdalifah Mahmud, Deputy in charge of food and agriculture coordination at the economic coordinating ministry, said that the special institution is badly…
Indonesia plans to raise its mandatory palm oil-based biodiesel blending to 40% in the next few years, but for now will keep it unchanged at 35%, the country’s energy minister said on Monday. The world’s biggest palm oil producer raised mandatory blending from 30% to 35% in February, however it has not been fully implemented in…
