Bisnis.com JAKARTA-The palm oil export during the first half of 2018 was recorded as a correction of 2% compared at the same time last year.
The export volume of Indonesian palm oil (CPO, PKO and derivatives, including oleochemical and biodiesel) was recorded to reach only 15.30 million tons or decreased by 15.62 tonnes in the first half of 2017 (19459013) oleochemical and biodiesel) from January to June 2018, reached only 14.6 million tonnes or decreased by 6% of the half-year [19659003] Meanwhile, for the export volume of CPO, PKO and its derivatives (excluding oleochemical and biodiesel) I / 2017.
"The decline in exports is an exacerbated increase in oil production. palm in Indonesia in the first half of 2018 which reached 22.32 million tons, up 23% over the first half of 2017, "said GAPKI Mukti Sardjono in his official statement Friday (27/7/2018).
He said the increased production of the first half of 2018 was due to weather factors that sustained and influenced El Nino the previous year began to disappear. As for the first half of 2018, continued Mukti the export performance of crude palm oil and its derivatives from Indonesia to the main destination countries is less encouraging, India Exports to India in the first half fell 34% from the same period last year from 3.74 million tonnes in the first half of 2017, falling to 2.50 million tons
"High import duties of India strongly influence deforestation The gradual elimination of food biofuels by the European Parliament also influences the situation.