BPDP Responds to Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia Becoming Palm Oil Exporter, Assures Levies Remain Secure
The Palm Oil Fund Management Agency (BPDP) has ensured that the plan to export palm oil through PT Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia (DSI) will not disrupt the collection of palm oil export levies currently managed by the government.
Mohammad Alfansyah, Director of Downstream Sector Fund Disbursement at BPDP, emphasised that export levy revenues will continue as long as palm oil export activities are ongoing. “What is received by BPDP or the Ministry of Finance through export levies or export duties will remain the same, because exports are still occurring. It would only be disrupted if there were no exports,” Alfansymah stated at the BPDP office in Jakarta on Tuesday, 2 June 2026.
This statement follows the government’s policy to assign PT Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia (DSI) as a specialised State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) for exporting several national strategic commodities, including palm oil.
Palm Oil Levy Rates Remain in Effect
Alfansyah explained that the mechanism for palm oil export levies will continue to refer to the provisions in Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK) Number 9 of 2026. This regulation is an amendment to PMK Number 69 of 2025 regarding the service tariff for the BPDP Public Service Agency under the Ministry of Finance.
Under the latest regulation, the government has set the export levy rate for palm oil products, including crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives, at a maximum of 12.5 per cent of the CPO Reference Price established by the Ministry of Trade. According to Alfansyah, the change in export governance through DSI does not automatically eliminate the obligation to pay export levies. “Therefore, what BPDP receives will remain the same. As long as there is exporting, there will be levies,” he said.
BPDP Awaiting Technical Mechanisms
Nevertheless, BPDP admitted it is still awaiting technical clarification regarding the implementation mechanism for palm oil exports through DSI, particularly concerning administrative processes and the remittance of export levies. Alfansyah noted that the agency has not yet received detailed technical specifics regarding the new scheme from the government.
“We have not yet seen the technical details of how it will work. We will simply follow the process,” he said. He added that the government likely has its own strategy for executing the export policy through this specialised SOE. He believes the government’s move has undergone careful consideration, including aspects of managing export proceeds and the governance of national strategic commodity trade.