Raising PE in order to accelerate the development of downstream industrial estates is not an effective policy option. The increase in PE was not effective enough to curb exports because exports are relatively inelastic to changes in PE. Therefore, policies to raise PE to accelerate the growth of .....detail

If continue to flare up sharply during the period 2006-2008, the price of CPO in 2009 is expected to be in a more stable range of U.S. $ 400-500 per ton. This will happen if there is no fuel price fluctuations and excessive CPO price determinants such as vegetable oil markets, exchange rates, and .....detail

Not as usual, this time economists around the world unanimously agree that the financial crisis and global economic recession is not inevitable. This is because all the economic indicators of the world converging on this conclusion. In fact, it is mutually reinforcing. Oddly, the recession is .....detail

Many people considered that the oil-palm industry has now return to enter a period of dismal return. It is triggered by the free fall CPO price, the peak price of around U.S. $ 1200 per ton in March 2008, is now around U.S. $ 480. Even the price of CPO in the year 2009 even predicted decline to .....detail

Since May until the end of the year, the sugar industry of Indonesia entered a period that should be a busy and enthusiasm. This period is a grinding period where both farmers and the sugar factory will harvest and get a reward for his toil. In addition, sugar prices in international markets .....detail