Two Factories In Mukomuko Refuse To Buy Palm Oil From Farmers, Why?

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Agriculture Office of Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province, said that only two out of 10 palm oil mills in this area limit the number of palm oil fresh fruit bunches purchased by farmers in this area because the company's CPO holding tanks are full.

"Currently, only two factories limit the purchase of FFB for local farmers, namely PT Usaha Sawit Mandiri and PT Sapta Sentosa Jaya Abadi," said Head of Plantation, Mukomuko Regency Agriculture Service, Meri Marlina, in a statement in Mukomuko, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, June 14. He said that PT Usaha Sawit Mandiri bought farmers' palm oil as many as 50 dum trucks per day and PT Sapta Sentosa Jaya Abadi as many as 30 cars or about 300 tons per day. Meanwhile, of the 10 palm oil factories in this area, only PT Sentosa Sejahtera Sejati, which stopped operating to process oil palm fresh fruit bunches due to the company's CPO holding tank being full.

Meanwhile, seven palm oil or CPO mills are operating normally by receiving all fresh fruit bunches (FFB) of oil palm sold by farming communities in this area. in this area is currently down compared to before.

The price of palm FFB at PT Daria Dharma Pratama decreased from Rp. 1,500 per kilogram to Rp. 1,370 per kg, the price of palm oil at PT Usaha Sawit Mandiri fell from Rp. 1,480 per kilogram to Rp. 1,280 per kg, the price of palm FFB at PT Bumi Mentari Karya decreased from Rp. 1,500 per kilogram to Rp. 1,350 per kg. Then, the price of palm oil at PT Karya Sawitindo Mas fell from Rp. 1,470 per kilogram to Rp. 1,370 per kg, the price of palm FFB at PT Mukomuko Indah Lestari decreased from Rp1,470 per kilogram to Rp1,370 per kg, the price of palm oil at PT Karya Agro Sawitindo decreased from Rp1,450 per kilogram to Rp1,350 per kg.

Then the price of palm oil at PT Gajah Sakti Sawit fell from Rp. 1,520 per kilogram to Rp. 1,420 per kg, the price of palm FFB at PT Sapta Sentosa Jaya was Rp. 1,400 per kilogram, and the price of palm oil at PT Surya Andalan Primatama fell from Rp. 1 .430 per kilogram to Rp. 1,420 per kg.