JAKARTA \u2013 The Agriculture Ministry (Kementan) said the government has opened an option of new export markets for palm oil as a way to mitigate the potential impacts of India \u2013 Pakistan conflict.<\/p>\n
Palm Oil and Various Palms Director at Kementan\u2019s Plantation Director General, Ardi Praptono said in Jakarta on Wednesday (14\/05\/2025) that the new potential markets include countries in Africa, such as Egypt and South Africa, and countries in East Asia. \u201cWe\u2019ll open new markets for palm oil, especially in Africa and East Asia. Drawing from our previous experiences, especially from the high tariff imposed by USA, we\u2019ll focus on opening new markets,\u201d said Ardi.<\/p>\n
Ardi further said that Indonesia as the world\u2019s largest producer of palm oil should be able to adapt to new conditions and expand market beyond existing ones. \u201cThis should become a special attention of all stakeholders, regardless of any significant impacts caused by the conflict to our palm oil exports,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as we know, there is no yet impacts caused by the conflict of India-Pakistan. But we\u2019re trying to mitigate the potential impacts from the high tariff imposed by USA,\u201d said Ardi.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut if we consider the current trend, we see that it is potential to affect our exports. So, it\u2019s necessary to pursue efforts of mitigating impacts. That\u2019s why, I think, we need to penetrate new markets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, ANI reported on Tuesday (13\/05\/2025) that the border location between India and Pakistan, where the shooting and drone interception took place several days ago, was in calm situation.<\/p>\n
On Saturday (10\/05\/2025), India and Pakistan had agreed to stop shooting and military actions on land, air and sea starting from 17.00 local time (18.30 WIB).<\/p>\n
Potential market disruption<\/strong><\/p>\n Previously, the Palm Oil Agribusiness Strategic Policy Institute\u2019s (PASPI) Executive Director Tungkot Sipayung said that if the conflict between India and Pakistan prolonged then it will affect the trade between Indonesia and the two countries and potentially their neighbouring countries. \u201cIndia and Pakistan are major importers of Indonesia\u2019s palm oil. Both countries import 6 \u2013 7 million tons of palm oil from Indonesia or around 25 percent of the country\u2019s total exports of palm oil and derivative products.<\/p>\n Tungkot said that the two countries also stand as the gateway to\u00a0 neighbouring countries, such as Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, and others. \u201cGeopolitics conditions in a number of regions across the globe, including in the South Asian region, have threatened to disrupt the supply chains of goods in the global market, including palm oil,\u201d said Tungkot.<\/p>\n He said that the prolonged conflicts are also potential to cause price drop. \u201cBut overall, having a total population of almost two billion, South Asia is a very promising market for Indonesian palm oil. Indonesia should be more intensive in strengthening trade relations with the region. Rather than serving Europe and USA that are too demanding , it\u2019s better to establish trade relations with other fellow Asian countries,\u201d he said. (*)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JAKARTA \u2013 The Agriculture Ministry (Kementan) said the government has opened an option of new export markets for palm oil as a way to mitigate the potential impacts of India \u2013 Pakistan conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3708,3709],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publication","category-recent-news"],"yoast_head":"\n