Crude Palm Oil (CPO)
Indonesia is one among the world’s crude palm oil (CPO) exporting country, despite Malaysia. Moreover, Indonesia is world’s second biggest producer of CPO derivative products like palm kernel oil, kernel cake, retreated palm oil, fatty oil and acid oil. Palm oil plant came into existence in the country when Sir Thomas Raffles first introduced its cultivation by the end of 19th century. Multinational outfits, state-owned companies and some highflying private companies commonly run palm plantation and its production in Indonesia.
Production
Total production of CPO currently achieve 17.5 million ton per year. CPO plantations are available in almost all the Provinces in Indonesia. Some of them are listed below:
- Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
- North Sumatera
- West Sumatera
- Riau
- Riau Island
- Jambi
- South Sumatera
- Bangkal Belitung
- Bengkulu
- Lampung
- West Java
- Banten
- West Kalimantan
- Central Kalimantan
- South Kalimantan
- East Kalimantan
- Central Sulawesi
- South Sulawesi
- West Sulawesi
- Papua
- West Irian Jaya
Export destination countries:
India, China, Netherlands, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Singapore, Pakistan, Italy, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Islamic, Ukraine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Viet Nam, Algeria, Myanmar, South Africa, Spain, Brazil, Turkey, United States.
