Out of five renewable energy sources being developed in Indonesia, bioenergy saw the most progress this year as Indonesia escalated a policy mandating the use…

Duty on CPO lowered to 37.5 percent from 40 percent Reuters/Mumbai, India India has cut import taxes on crude and refined palm oil from ASEAN…

JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Oil Palm Plantation Fund Management Agency, or BPDPKS, will resume collecting export levy of $50 per tn on crude palm oil and…

SIAK, Riau: Kimia Tirta Utama Junior High School is located amid 6,400ha of palm plantation owned by Indonesian palm oil producer PT Kimia Tirta Utama…

Indonesia and India are working to find a new strategy to achieve a bilateral trade target of US$50 billion within the next five years, Foreign…

Jakarta – Indonesia will continue negotiations on an economic agreement with the European Union despite growing tension, after a leaked document revealed the EU intended…

Jakarta Palm oil has become one of the main engines of Indonesia’s economy. It directly and indirectly provides a livelihood for more than 16 million…

Indonesia is set to strengthen its palm oil industry by encouraging stakeholders to comply with Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification and strengthening the domestic…

“The figure for vegetable oil demand increases from year to year, so the government shall have to think of how the palm business can be…

Oil palm is the most productive vegetable oil crop, known for producing four to nine times the yield of other oilseed crops and being the…

Jakarta. Indonesia’s crude palm oil production rose by 14 percent to 34.7 million metric tons in the first eight months of 2019, from the same…

Found as an ingredient in many processed and packaged foods, palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil. Now, researchers reporting in Current Biology…

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian refiners have stopped buying Malaysian palm oil for shipment in November and December fearing New Delhi could raise import taxes or…

Indonesia’s far from done in its campaign to squeeze more value from its abundant natural resources, and its next target could be one of the…

The snail–like pace at which Indonesia is improving the sustainability of its palm oil agriculture in the face of mounting pressure from global trade players…

Recently, Indonesia was faced with a problematic issue relating to the crude-palm-oil (CPO) industry as the European Union announced plans to ban the importation of…

Does Nepal produce palm oil? No. So how did it feature as Nepal’s top export item in the last fiscal and in the first month…

MUMBAI – Earlier this month, India raised customs duty on Malaysian palm oil, bringing the import duty rate at par with those on other countries…

India’s palm oil imports in 2019/20 are likely to rise 2% from a year earlier to a record high as consumption in the world’s biggest…

PUTRAJAYA: It is unfair to keep blaming the palm oil industry for the haze, as many companies adhere to sustainable agriculture standards, says Teresa Kok.…

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): It is inaccurate to direct much of the blame for the recent haze in Southeast Asia towards the palm oil industry,…

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is working to secure global recognition of Indonesian palm oil–based biofuels as a renewable energy source after the European…

JAKARTA, Sept 12 (Reuters) – * Azis Hidayat, chairman of the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) secretariat, said the area covered by ISPO certified plantations…

Jakarta. Indonesia’s palm oil lobby group and one of the country’s most prominent agricultural research institutes signed memorandum of understanding in Bogor, West Java, on…

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Sept 5): India has raised the tax on refined palm oil from Malaysia to 50% from 45% for six months to curb imports…

Jakarta. An early warning system developed by Astra Agro Lestari has helped prevent forest fires in Paser district, East Kalimantan, the palm oil producer said in…

The government has finally agreed to bear the costs incurred by smallhold farmers for obtaining Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification, a senior minister has…

Jakarta. Astra Agro Lestari has said in a statement they have made a series of preparations in anticipation of extreme weather changes and potential forest fires during this dry season. …

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The Ministry of Primary Industries will hold discussions with the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry as well as the…

THE JAKARTA POST/JAKARTA The government is lacking in strong measures to fight tariff barriers implemented by several palm oil export destinations, including India and the…

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia to issue a new palm sustainability regulation to give greater support for smallholders to get sustainability certificates, Coordinating Minister of Economic…

JAKARTA, July 31 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) urged the government to increase import tariffs on dairy products from the European Union in…

Palm oil is the wonderstuff of fats. It makes our cookies crunchier, shampoo bubblier and lipstick smoother, all for a fraction of the price of…

C16 Biosciences is hoping to tap into the $88 billion global palm oil industry with its sustainable, lab-grown alternative, by first concentrating on replacing the…

Malaysia is set to replace Indonesia as the top palm oil supplier to India in 2019 as New Delhi has been charging lower import tax…

Monday, 24 June 2019 | The Jakarta Post The European parliamentary elections last month resulted in a significant and challenging outcome, especially for the palm…

Monday, 3 June 2019 | The Jakarta Post Indonesia and the European Union need to further promote cooperation over sustainable palm oil to help ease…

Wednesday, 29 May 2019 | www.thesundaily.my Poland is against the European Union’s (EU) proposed plan to ban the use of palm oil as a component…

Monday, 27 May 2019 | The Jakarta Post Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has welcomed the adoption of Japanese technology that can convert liquid palm…

Thursday, 9 May 2019 | en.netralnews.com The development of 100% (B100) Biodiesel from Crude Palm Oil (CPO) is a strategic step for the Government to…

Monday, 6 May 2019 | eco-business.com Stating that the EU labelling biofuel from palm oil as unsustainable is ‘unfair and discriminative’, a Malaysian minister has…

Monday, 6 May 2019 | The Jakarta Post THE JAKARTA POST/JAKARTA Stakeholders comprising private and state institutions will kick off a maiden road test for…

Monday, 6 May 2019 | bloomberg.com Franky Widjaja, head of one of the world’s biggest palm plantation companies, warned that the European Union’s plans to…

Tuesday, 23 April 2019 | www.en.netralnews.com The European Union policy to ban ban the use of palm oil as a raw material for biofuels is…

Monday, 18 March 2019 | thestar.com.my DEFORESTATION, loss of bio-diversity, emission of greenhouse gases and global climate change have become the buzz words used by NGOs…

Jumat, 12 April 2019| Jakarta Post The European Union would be well advised to review its energy policy that classifies biofuels from palm oil as…

Kamis, 11 April 2019 | The Jakarta Post We call on ASEAN leaders to form a united front as a regional grouping to demonstrate full…

Tuesday, 9 April 2019 | thejakartapost.com Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have objected to the European Union’s plan to reduce…

Monday, 8 April 2019 | nst.com.m KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Indonesia stand united in fighting the discriminatory delegated regulation supplementing Directive 2018/2001 of the European…

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 | en.antaranews.com Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Trade Ministry simplified exports of palm oil and derivative products by revoking Trade Ministerial Regulation No.…

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 | The Jakarta Post Indonesia’s rapid jump in palm oil production in the past year has caused a glut in the…

Monday, 18 March 2019 | nst.com.my The oil palm industry has played an important role in the economy. The planted area expanded from 55,000ha in 1960…

Rabu, 10 April 2019 | The Jakarta Post Relations between the European Union and Malaysia and Indonesia hit an obstacle when Malaysia”s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad…

treehugger.com | Tuesday, 18 December 2018   The palm oil situation is bad, but some people argue that it would be worse if replaced by…

Antaranews.com | Rabu, 21 November 2018 Jakarta, (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) has denied an accusation that the palm oil industry…

The Jakarta Post | Kamis, 15 November 2018 Get ready, because the war against palm oil will not end as long as palm oil continues…

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has asked the European Union (EU) to stop discriminating palm oil. “The European Parliament’s Resolution on palm…

The Jakarta Post | Senin, 12 November 2018 Malaysia, Indonesia’s next-door neighbor, made history when it voted and swore in earlier this year 92-year-old Mahathir…

The Jakarta Post | Senin, 12 November 2018 The sixth round of negotiations between Indonesia and the European Union on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement…

The Jakarta Post | Monday, 5 November 2018 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. This proverb fits the current state…

THE JAKARTA POST – 2 November 2018 NUSA DUA While controversies regarding environmental degradation and labor exploitation linger over the palm oil industry, a key…

en.tempo.co | Tuesday, 30 October 2018   Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) opened the 14th Indonesian Palm Oil Conference (IPOC) and 2019 Price Outlook…

The Jakarta Post | April 11, 2018 The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (Gapki) and Lion Air Group signed an agreement on Tuesday to carry…

Jakarta Globe | April 11, 2018 Jakarta. Lion Air Group, Indonesia’s largest budget airline operator, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indonesian Palm Oil Association,…

The Jakarta Post, 11 April 2018 Almost half the profit: PT Astra Agro Lestari president director Santosa (right) and the board of directors speak to…

scandasia.com | Thursday, 5 April 2018   The consumption of palm oil is on the rise and this adds a serious threat to the climate…

The Jakarta Post | Friday, 9 March 2018   Malaysia, the world’s No.2 producer of palm oil, on Thursday said the European Union’s decision to…

en.antaranews.com | Wednesday, 28 February 2018   Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Palm oil has the potential to be processed into bio-energy, acting head of the…

The Jakarta Post | Saturday, 24 February 2018 Indonesia has issued a statement condemning the United States’ recent decision to increase anti-dumping duties for local…

INDUSTRY.co.id – Jakarta – Commemorating the age of 30 years, PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI) held a Bakti program for the country throughout 2018.…

thepalmscribe.id I Jan 26, 2018 MALANG – PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI) is planning to build a new palm oil mill, in South Kalimantan this…

Some of the world’s biggest palm oil players will meet in Indonesia this week and just like two years ago, the weather will be a…

Nusa Dua, Bali (ANTARA News) – Indonesia will be ready for a trade war, sparked by European countries, with their negative campaign against palm oil,…

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita has called on palm oil stakeholders to join hands to fight the European Union’s negative campaign against palm oil-based products at…