Aceh palm oil exported<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The northern Sumatran province of Aceh has
\nexported palm oil products to Europe and Latin America.<\/p>\n
The divisional head of Aceh's Trade and Industry Agency, Cut
\nHananan, said over the weekend 20.22 tons of palm oil products
\nworth Rp 21.30 billion (US$8.80 million) had been exported so
\nfar.<\/p>\n
She said about 13.50 tons of palm oil worth Rp 14.16 billion
\nwent to Spain, 6.49 tons worth Rp 6.19 billion to Latin America,
\nand 6,499 worth Rp 215,170 to France.<\/p>\n
\"Palm oil is a new export commodity for Aceh, and it is
\nexpected to become the province's major foreign exchange earner
\nin the future,\" Hananan was quoted by Antara as saying, adding
\nthat the number of oil palm plantation increases yearly.<\/p>\n
Aceh has 151,903 hectare of oil palm plantations, 119,757
\nhectares of which are owned by large plantation companies and the
\nremaining 32,146 hectare by farmers and small firms.<\/p>\n
Aceh produced about 228,000 tons of palm oil, 87,784 tons of
\noil palm clusters and 49,623 tons of palm kernel a year, he said.<\/p>\n
There are 13 processing plants in Aceh with a processing
\ncapacity of between 30 and 60 clusters an hour.<\/p>\n
The province still needed 10 more plants, the official said.
\n(02)<\/p>",
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