Palm Oil Product Exports Continue to Rise

JAKARTA-one oil palm commodities commodities which are contributors to the revenue of the State that can be relied upon. It can be seen from the export value of palm oil and its derivative products reached U.S. $ 11.61 billion, rising 17.75% or U.S. $ 2.5 billion a year earlier, as well as the volume as much as 21.2 tons of CPO increased 14.23% from the previous year. According to data from the BPS, the estimated exports of palm oil and its derivatives will continue to increase both voleme and value, can be seen in Table 1. The purpose of palm oil export countries include: China, Netherlands, India, Malaysia, America, Italy, Germany and others.

Indonesia is one of the largest producers of palm oil commodities in the world, the area under oil palm production and publication of statistical data based on Directorate General of Plantation is an area of 8.04 million ha to 19.76 million tonnes of CPO production in 2010 that spread across the province in Indonesian , the most widely spread in the area of Sumatra is estimated width of 5.29 million hectares. Large privately owned plantations are still dominant debanding with the people and the State-owned plantations, as can be seen in Table 2 below:

Supplies of oil palm fruit increased sharply with the increase in CPO demand world, as happened a few years this terahir. In addition, with rising crude oil prices, making the CPO as an option for the manufacture of bio-energy raw materials as alternative fuels. It is estimated that the next few years the largest sub-sector investment in plantations is still dominated by oil palm.