Palm FFB Price In Mukomuko Rises, Highest Price Touches IDR 3,320 Per Kilogram

Oil palm farmers at Mukomukom Bengkulu. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The purchase price of palm Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) by some palm oil mills in Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province, rose between Rp. 20 to Rp. 50 per kilogram on Friday compared to the previous two days. "Hopefully this will continue," said the Head of the Partnership and Plantation Licensing The Mukomuko Regency Agriculture Office, Sudianto, was quoted by Antara, Friday April 15. He said this after receiving data on the development of oil palm FFB prices for the past few days from 10 palm oil mills spread across a number of areas in this area. Palm oil FFB in factories in this area has now reached a price of IDR 3,320 per kilogram and the lowest price of IDR 3,000 per kilogram. .300 per kilogram, the price of palm oil at PT MMIL increased from Rp. 3,220 to Rp. 3,250 per kilogram.

The price of PT Sentosa Sejahtera Sejati's palm oil was IDR 3,210 per kilogram, PT Surya Andalan Primatama IDR 3,290 per kilogram, PT Karya Agro Sawitindo increased from IDR 3,200 to IDR 3,230 per kilogram. Then the price of palm oil at PT Daria Dharma Pratama rose from IDR 3 .220 to Rp3,250 per kilogram, and at PT Bumi Mentari Karya it rose from Rp3,260 to Rp3,290 per kilogram. While the price of palm oil at PT Gajah Sakti Sawit rose by Rp3,260 to Rp3,320 per kilogram, PT Usaha Sawit Mandiri rose from Rp3,290 to Rp3,310 per kilogram. He expressed his hope that the purchase price of palm FFB by all palm oil mills in this area has increased so that the welfare of local oil palm farmers is getting better.