Aceh palm oil exported

Aceh palm oil exported

JAKARTA (JP): The northern Sumatran province of Aceh has
exported palm oil products to Europe and Latin America.

The divisional head of Aceh's Trade and Industry Agency, Cut
Hananan, said over the weekend 20.22 tons of palm oil products
worth Rp 21.30 billion (US$8.80 million) had been exported so
far.

She said about 13.50 tons of palm oil worth Rp 14.16 billion
went to Spain, 6.49 tons worth Rp 6.19 billion to Latin America,
and 6,499 worth Rp 215,170 to France.

"Palm oil is a new export commodity for Aceh, and it is
expected to become the province's major foreign exchange earner
in the future," Hananan was quoted by Antara as saying, adding
that the number of oil palm plantation increases yearly.

Aceh has 151,903 hectare of oil palm plantations, 119,757
hectares of which are owned by large plantation companies and the
remaining 32,146 hectare by farmers and small firms.

Aceh produced about 228,000 tons of palm oil, 87,784 tons of
oil palm clusters and 49,623 tons of palm kernel a year, he said.

There are 13 processing plants in Aceh with a processing
capacity of between 30 and 60 clusters an hour.

The province still needed 10 more plants, the official said.
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