Indonesia: Palm oil exports grew 2.5% in the first half of this year.

Indonesia exported 2.4 million tons of crude and refined palm oil in June of this year, a 12.6% decrease compared to the same month last year, according to data released this Monday (3) by the government's statistics department. In revenue, shipments reached US$ 2.7 billion. In the accumulated total for the first half of this year, however, Indonesian exports of the commodity grew 2.5% in volume, to 11.28 million tons, and 7.3% in revenue, to US$ 12.27 billion. The department's data exclude palm kernel oil, oleochemical products, and biodiesel. GAPKI, the main Indonesian palm oil industry association, usually releases its own figures later, covering more products, and therefore presents different export data.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.