The Regency Government Asks For Restu From The Central Government To Collect Rp25 Per Kg Kelapa Sawit

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian Palm Oil Results Association (AKSPI) has asked the central government to give the district government the authority to withdraw retribution from the price of fresh fruit bunches (TBS) for palm oil by Rp. 25 per kilogram (Kg). Chairman of AKPSI Yulhaidir said that the levy of Rp25 per kilogram could increase local revenue (PAD). "We have asked the central government that each district is given the authority to collect Rp25 from the TBS price. To increase justice in their respective districts," he said, quoted Friday, July 8. According to Yulhaidir, the Rp25 per kilogram levy will not burden oil palm farmers. Because, his party has thought about it and decided on the lowest number. "That's the lowest we asked for. We don't want to stop the people either," he said. Furthermore, Yulhaidir said that currently there is already Law Number 1 of 2022 which regulates the profit sharing of oil palm plantations but for the proposed retribution collection from the price of FFB. However, it is necessary to agree and make a Presidential Regulation to the Regulation of the Minister of Finance. Yulhaidir also said that the levy levy was motivated because the government of oil palm buzzers felt it was unfair. This is because so far the district has not received a profit sharing from the palm oil sector. "That's why we ask that the law be implemented with PP or with Permenkeu so that regions also get profit-sharing funds from the palm oil sector and its derivatives," he explained. In addition, AKPSI also asked the Minister of Agriculture to revise the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture number 01/Permentan/KB.120/I/2018 regarding guidelines for determining fresh fruit bunches or TBS oil palm plantation production by including shell and kernel components in calculating the price of fruit bunches. The reason, said Yulhaidir, is because so far the shells and kernels have been exposed to waste and are not included in the calculation of the pricing of fresh fruit bunches. "The hope of kai shell and kernel can be calculated in Permentan in order to increase the price of TBS," he explained. For your information, this proposal is a kind of recommendation submitted by AKPSI to the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Bisar Panjaitan at the AKPSI Coordination Meeting.