KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesian authorities have yet to decide on whether to cut their crude palm oil (CPO) export levy, three officials told Reuters on Friday, as the levies remained at their highest for five months in a row, hurting demand. Indonesia, the world's top producer of the edible oil, raised CPO export levies last year to generate funds for its ambitious palm-based biodiesel programme and smallholder farmer replanting scheme, at the expense of demand. "It is still being discussed ... the export levy needs a review," Joko Supriyono, a member of the supervisory board of BPDP, the government body in charge of subsidising palm oil programmes, told Reuters.
Indonesia yet to decide on whether to revise palm oil export levy - Officials
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Indonesian authorities have yet to decide on whether to cut their crude palm oil (CPO) export levy, three officials told Reuters on Friday, as the levies remained at their highest for five months in a row, hurting demand. Indonesia, the world's top producer of the edible oil, raised CPO export levies last year to generate funds for its ambitious palm-based biodiesel programme and smallholder farmer replanting scheme, at the expense of demand. "It is still being discussed ... the export levy needs a review," Joko Supriyono, a member of the supervisory board of BPDP, the government body in charge of subsidising palm oil programmes, told Reuters.