commercial palm oil pressing hot in indonesia

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • What is Indonesia's role in the palm oil trade?
  • According to Palmoilmagazine.com citing Palm Oil Analytic, Indonesia’s palm oil sector significantly contributes to the economy, serving as the largest export commodity and bolstering the country’s trade balance with an average annual income of around US$20 billion. Global demand underscores Indonesia’s central role in the palm oil trade.‌
  • Does Indonesia produce palm oil?
  • The table above shows production of palm oil has grown rapidly in Indonesia over the past decade. The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki) stated that its target is to see Indonesia producing at least 40 million tons of CPO per year from 2020.‌
  • What is Indonesia's oil palm plantation & processing industry?
  • Indonesia's oil palm plantation and processing industry is a key industry to the country's economy: the export of palm oil is an important foreign exchange earner while the industry provides employment opportunities to millions of Indonesians.‌
  • Why are big Indonesian companies investing in palm oil refining?
  • Big Indonesian companies (for example Unilever Indonesia) have invested heavily in recent years to expand palm oil refining capacity. This is in line with the government's ambition to extract more revenue from Indonesia's natural resources.‌
  • Will rising domestic palm oil demand mean a stagnation in Indonesia?
  • Rising domestic palm oil demand could in fact mean that crude palm oil (CPO) shipments from Indonesia will stagnate in the years ahead if the government remains committed to the moratorium on conversion of peat-land (read more below). Indonesian Palm Oil Production and Export Statistics:‌
  • How big is Indonesia's palm oil refining capacity?
  • Palm oil refining capacity in Indonesia is understood to have jumped to (an annual) 45 million tons by the start of 2015, up from an 30.7 million in 2013, and more than double the 21.3 million in 2012. The Government's Palm Oil Tax Policy