PALU – On Thursday (June 4), PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk shared insights and practical experience on Indonesia’s palm oil industry with students from the Faculty of Agriculture at Andalas University. As a key Indonesian commodity, palm oil must be managed sustainably to address future challenges. Bandung Sahari, Director of…
Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains to a fourth consecutive session on Monday, hitting a more than two-week high, as forecasts of a sharper decline in…
Jakarta. Indonesia’s palm oil export to China and Bangladesh saw a huge jump this February, according to the industry association. The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki)…
Bangladesh is set to sign a preferential trade agreement (PTA) very soon with Indonesia, the fifth biggest economy of Asia, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said Sunday.…
Indonesia said the ramp-up toward its latest biodiesel mandate has been slow, but the country will stick to its target of producing fuel using a…
Indonesia and Malaysia have donated 100 thousand germinated oil palm seedlings to help hundreds of Honduran farmers affected by the 2020 hurricanes, Coordinating Minister for…
By Bernadette Christina and Dewi Kurniawati JAKARTA, March 17 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s plan to channel crude palm oil (CPO) exports via a futures exchange would…
THE Plantation and Commodities Ministry (MPIC) alongside its Indonesian counterpart will be meeting European Union (EU) representatives at the end of May to address the…
Jakarta. The B35 policy — which increases the palm-oil based biodiesel blend from 30 percent to 35 percent — could increase domestic demand for palm oil…
JAKARTA — Indonesia and Malaysia are in need of strong commitment to strengthen their synergy in defending their positions as the world’s largest producers of…
JAKARTA, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Indonesia may start implementing a programme to use biodiesel with 35% blend of palm oil-based fuel, known as B35, from January, 2023,…
JAKARTA, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s energy ministry plans to start rolling out a 5% ethanol blend of fuel made using sugarcane in three years time, starting…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs spotlighted collaboration as being crucial in pursuing a green economy to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals…
China has signed a US$2.6 billion worth of commitment to purchase crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivative products from Indonesia, allowing the archipelagic country…
Indonesia’s trade balance experienced an unanticipated bump in October as demand from the country’s largest Asian trading partners increased and imports of capital goods fell.…
The stronger price of crude oil is making a higher mix of bio-content in fuel increasingly more feasible for Indonesia, which currently has a mandatory…
Workers from Indonesia are top on the preferred list by oil palm plantation owners and smallholders, says caretaker Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk…
