Largest Exporter Of Palm Oil Research Articles

India’s Strategy in Reducing Palm Oil Import and Its Impacts to Bilateral Trade with Indonesia

This article tries to analyze the strategy of Indian government in reducing its trade deficit through the import reduction of several main commodities including the palm oil. This research also seeks the impacts of the palm oil reduction in India towards India-Indonesia bilateral trade, as Indonesia is one of India’s main trade partners and largest exporter of palm oil to India. This research used literature study within content analysis to find the bilateral trade between India and Indonesia, also the impacts of India palm oil import’s reduction. The main data of research are secondary data from trusted and reputable news relating India palm oil imports from Indonesia. The result of study found that Indonesia needs to pursue efforts of trade diplomacy effectively so that the Indian strategy to cut imports will not be too impactful to the performance of its exports to India. This research enriches literature study about bilateral trade especially in India-Indonesia palm oil context. In practical implication, this research bring any recommendation to related stakeholder about bilateral trade strategy taken by Indonesian government.

Contested representations: A comparative analysis of palm oil sustainability in Malaysian and Dutch media

The emergence of palm oil as the world's most produced and consumed vegetable oil has prompted various policy initiatives to help govern the industry in a sustainable manner. These initiatives include transnational sustainable certification schemes, such as the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), and national level sustainability standards, such as Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil. To date, attempts to find consensus on sustainable policy and processes has been characterised by tension and disagreement. Most notably, stakeholders participating in policy dialogue from producing countries are unsatisfied with the outcomes of transnational palm oil governance. Tension stems from observations that sustainability is understood differently in the palm oil producing countries of the Global South compared with Northern consumption markets. To understand the different framings of palm oil and potential governance solutions, we investigate media coverage of palm oil sustainability in two different countries: the Netherlands – the largest importer of palm oil in Europe – and Malaysia – the second largest exporter of palm oil in the world after Indonesia. From a sample of 397 Malaysian and Dutch newspaper articles between 2000 and 2015, we employ framing analysis to examine the similarities and differences in media representations of palm oil sustainability. Our findings reveal considerable differences in the way palm oil sustainability is framed in the two countries. Malaysian media frame palm oil as a sustainable industry yet underpinned by a distrust towards transnational sustainability governance (e.g. RSPO) and a perception of unfair treatment towards producing countries by the West. Conversely, Dutch media frame the West as proud consumers of palm oil, who are driving up sustainability standards through NGO scrutiny and participation in transnational processes. We argue that a comparative analysis of media frames offers instructive insights for understanding processes of transnational sustainability governance. In particular, we posit that reconciling policy tensions between North and South palm oil stakeholders could be achieved by highlighting the differences in sustainability framings at different points in the value chain to identify contestation and consensus.

The Effectiveness of Biosorbent from Chicken’s Egg Shell and Durian Peel towards the Quality of Biodiesel Product from Waste Cooking Oil

Indonesia is the largest exporter of palm oil with 85 - 90% of the world's total palm oil production. The consumption of palm oil in Indonesia is increasing every year, thus the waste are also increase. Waste cooking oil contains carcinogenic substances which causes various diseases. Biodiesel is an environmentally friendly substitute fuel for diesel made from vegetable oil as raw material. Used cooking oil can be used as raw material for biodiesel production, but it needs to be purified before further processing. Chicken egg shell contains 90% of CaCO3 can be used as a biosorbent of used cooking oil. Durian skin contains 50% - 60% of cellulose also has the potential as a biosorbent. This research was conducted to investigated the effectiveness of the combination of chicken egg shell biosorbent with durian skin for the purification process of used cooking oil as a raw material of biodiesel. Biosorbent was produced by carbonization process in a furnace at a temperature of 550oC for durian skin and 9000C for chicken egg shells. The results show that the acid number of used cooking oil has met the parameters of the SNI 3741: 2013, namely 0.43 mgKOH / gr and FFA levels of 0.0024% with a yield of 62.76%. The purified cooking oil was then continued with the transesterification process to produced biodiesel. The biodiesel obtained had the cetane numbers B100 of 33.8 and B30 of 45.2.

The Evaluation of The use of Palm Shell Ash Waste to Polymer Modified Asphalt Mixture

The palm oil industry’s development has a strategic role in Indonesia’s economy because Indonesia is the largest country and the largest exporter of palm oil globally. On the other hand, a new problem arises from increasing palm oil ash waste. This has encouraged the use of palm oil ash as filler mix asphalt. In this study, an evaluation of the asphalt mixture’s performance on the surface layer (AC-WC) will be carried out by utilizing palm ash waste as a filler using Starbit E-55 polymer asphalt. Testing the asphalt mixture’s performance using the Marshall method with asphalt content of 6% ± 0.5 and variations in the percentage of palm ash filler used, namely 3, 4, 5, and 6%. Samples are prepared and tested to obtain the stability and volumetric values of the mixture. Based on the results, it was found that the addition of palm ash waste as a filler could increase the stability performance at 3% filler content but there was a decrease in the filler content of 4, 5, and 6% in the test object without the addition of palm ash filler, the highest stability was obtained, namely 2358, 4 kg while the test object with the addition of 3% palm ash filler has a stability of 2503.03 kg at each asphalt content of 6.5%. The flow parameter in the test object continues to decrease along with the increase in the addition of oil palm ash filler, this is in line with the increase in the Marshall Quotient parameter which causes the mixture to become stiffness, this indicates that the mixture can withstand deformation due to traffic loads and shows that this oil palm ash potentially suitable for use as a filler in asphalt mixtures.

Synthesis of natural starch from Elaeis guineensis trunk biomass applying bisulphite steeping method: Optimization by RSM

ABSTRACT A massive quantity of Elaeis guineensis (oil palm) trunk biomass, containing a significant amount of natural starch, is available in Malaysia as biowaste because of annual replantation. The efficient extraction of this starch (carbohydrate polymer) would be worthwhile concerning the environmental sustainability and economy through conversion to bioresources. This study investigated the effectiveness of the bisulfite steeping method for starch synthesis from oil palm trunk (OPT) biowaste. The central composite design (CCD) of Design-Expert software executed an experimental model design, data analysis, evaluated the impacts of process variables and their interaction through response surface methodology to optimize the bisulfite steeping method for starch synthesis. The developed quadratic models for four factors (strength of sodium bisulfite solution, steeping hour, mixing ratio with the bisulfite solution, and ultrapure water) and one response (%Yield) demonstrated that a significant starch yield (13.54%) is achievable employing 0.74% bisulfite solution, 5.6 steeping hours, for 1.6 and 0.6 mixing ratio with the bisulfite solution and ultrapure water respectively. Experimental outcomes were consistent with the predicted model, which eventually sustains the significance of this method. Malvern Zetasizer test revealed a bimodal granular distribution for starch, with 7.15 µm of hydrodynamic size. Starch morphology was determined by scanning electron microscopy. X-ray diffraction investigation exhibits an A-type model, specifying persistent characteristics, while FTIR confirms the presence of hydroxyl, carboxylic, and phenolic groups like other cereal starches. Implications: Malaysia is the 2nd largest palm oil exporter in the world. About 110 million tons of palm oil trunk (OPT) biomass is available annually during replanting activities. Modification of bio-wastes into a beneficial form (only 22% presently) like starch extraction would ensure potential reuse as a natural coagulant for wastewater and leachate treatment, food source, adhesives towards boosting the country’s economy by sustainable waste management. The current study achieved better starch yield (13.54%) than previous, from the OPT biomass through the novel bisulfite steeping method. Therefore, this method will ascertain the effective implication of numerous economic activities.

Ideology and Power in Political News Text: Appraisal in Critical Discourse Analysis

This study attempts to reveal the ideology and power expressed in the news text entitled “The burning scar: Inside the destruction of Asia’s last rainforest”. The data of this study were obtained from one of the most famous online Newspapers namely BBC. Whilst, in doing the critical analysis, systemic functional linguistics specifically the use of appraisal proposed by Martin and White (2005) was applied to find out the ideology as well as the power of the text. The findings show that there are three appraisal items found such as attitude, engagement, and graduation simultaneously. Affect is the most dominant appraisal found in the text. It represents the feelings of the people who live in Papua where their land has been destroyed by the world's largest exporter of palm oil from South Korea. Besides, they also criticize the Indonesian government which sold their land to the company without any notice to the tribe who live there. Then, engagement represents the tribe’s voices where they have to move from their land. The last is graduation which represents the tribe’s experience when they were kicked out from their land. Meanwhile, the ideology of the text is represented by the use of attitude consisting of affect, appreciation, and judgment. Furthermore, the power deals with the tribe’s tenor such as contact, status dan affect.Â

Assessment the capacity utilization of mature and immature area of replanting using time driven activity-based costing

Malaysia is currently the world’s largest exporter of palm oil although it is the second-largest producer of the oil after neighboring Indonesia. There have recently been few concerns on this plantation which are hard to detect in order to understand the variance in the operations, and the rate setting is inadequate to outlined the relation between the resources supplied and the capacity in operation, and the manager has no system to track the usage of the capacity and unused capacity. The aim of this work is to assess the capacity utilization of mature and immature area at replanting for a better accuracy. Time driven activity-based costs (TDABC) is used because time efficiency can be calculated effectively. Furthermore, it also can precisely evaluate idle capacity and separately listing the resources being used and not used. This work considers a data in 2017 to develop the solution. This work found that in the mature area from the available capacity utilization, chipping has high insufficient capacity with RM-1931518.08, planting seedlings has high insufficient capacity with -805173.84 min and internal transport has high waste cost with RM45771.30. Meanwhile, in the immature area, planting seedlings has high insufficient capacity with -566934.84 min and RM-1621433.64, manuring has unused capacity with 66763.50 min and internal transport has high waste cost with RM29667.47.

MOODY'S RATING FOR PALM OIL PLANTATION COMPANIES IN MERAUKE, PAPUA

Papua is one of the regions that currently receives a lot of investment in plantations and palm oil commodity processing, which previously only focused on Sumatra and Kalimantan. One of the reasons for investment in agribusiness to attract investors and the government is the contribution of the agricultural sector to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is around 13.96% in the third quarter of 2017, so that the agricultural sector is one of the second largest contributors to GDP after the manufacturing industry. The agricultural sector is dominated by the plantation sub-sector, where the largest plantation production in Indonesia is palm oil, and Indonesia is the world's largest exporter of palm oil. The objectives of this research are to find out whether investment in oil palm plantation and processing in Papua falls into the "investment" category in Moody's rating and to find out how to make investment in plantations and oil palm processing in Papua fall into the "investment grade" and / or category. can increase the rating through Moody's. This study uses a quantitative research approach. Participants in this study used a purposive sampling technique, where the data collected was obtained from primary data and secondary data. Analysis of the data used in this study is Moody's rating analysis. Data processing is carried out by conducting a spreading assessment of the company's financial statements for the last 3 years to obtain values for historical ratio assessment variables and balance sheet factors, as well as by conducting an assessment of industry / market, company and management variables. After all the input and analysis is carried out, the output is obtained in the form of an investment feasibility rating "B2" with the risk category "Medium Risk". Thus, the company is classified as "investment grade" or feasible for investment, but the B2 score is included in the lowest investment grade category, so improvements are needed so that grading increases and attracts investors. For future researchers, it is advisable to conduct research on a wider sample coverage and emphasize corporate actions that must be carried out.

Negotiating cluster boundaries: governance shifts in the palm oil and rubber cluster in Malay(si)a (1945–1970 ca.)

Palm oil was introduced to Malay(si)a as an alternative to natural rubber, inheriting its cluster organizational structure. In the late 1960s, Malaysia became the world’s largest palm oil exporter. Based on archival material from British colonial institutions and agency houses, this paper focuses on the governance dynamics that drove institutional change within this cluster during decolonization. The analysis presents three main findings: (i) cluster boundaries are defined by continuous tug-of-war style negotiations between public and private actors; (ii) this interaction produces institutional change within the cluster, in the form of cumulative ‘institutional rounds’ – the correction or disruption of existing institutions or the creation of new ones; and (iii) this process leads to a broader inclusion of local actors in the original cluster configuration. The paper challenges the prevalent argument in the literature that minimal, indirect government influence is preferable for cluster development and explores the impact of different political regimes on cluster evolution.

PEMODELAN KERANGKA ADAPTIVE THRESHOLD UNTUK MEMONITOR PRODUKSI MINYAK SAWIT NASIONAL BERBASIS STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL DAN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK-BACKPROPAGATION

Indonesia is the largest exporter of palm oil in the world, as the largest producer Indonesia still havemany problems. The problem caused by incomparable between the growth of upstream and downstreampalm oil industries. This impact to low added value of palm oil, then Indonesia exports palm oil in crudeform. On the other hand, On the other hand , orientation export of this commodity is also prone of barrier,because Indonesia was not the price setter of this commodity in the international market. Therefore it isimportant to monitor and predict the development of national palm oil production volume in order to takegood anticipation. This research develop a framework model adaptive threshold to monitor the growing ofnational palm oil production volume with techniques of statistical process control (SPC) and back propagationartificial neural network (ANN - BP) methods. Historical data production volume period from 1967 to 2015was used as a base of the behavior as data to determine the threshold and prediction volume for nextperiods. The formation of the threshold value was based on the behavior of the historical data, which areoriented by the epicenter of the average value in the last two periods .Through mapping of data historicalperiod values, existing and forecast values with adaptive threshold can show tolerant level for the threshold.Furthermore, based on the analysis, it is known that the prediction of 2016 to 2018 period, there will behappen the dynamics production volume of national palm oil within tolerance threshold. The values of thesepredictions generated from the simulation model predictions of ANN-BP with the level very good of validationmodel, demonstrated the level of squared errors is very small1 in the MSE = 0.00021136 with a degree ofoutput correlation and the target is very strong2 with R Validation is 99.98 percent.Keywords: adaptive threshold, statistical process control, artificial neural network, national palm oilproduction.

Biorefinery for the Production of Biodiesel, Hydrogen and Synthesis Gas Integrated with CHP from Oil Palm in Malaysia

Abstract Malaysia is presently the world’s largest exporter of palm oil with total production of 19.22 million tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO) in 2013. Aside CPO, by-products such as empty fruit bunch (EFB), palm kernel shell (PKS), palm kernel oil (PKO), palm kernel cake (PKC) and pressed palm fibres (PPF) are produced from the palm oil mills. These biomasses can be used as potential feedstock for the production of biofuels, biogas and bioelectricity. One of the ways to fully harness the potentials of these biomasses is by employing the biorefinery concepts where all the products and by-products from oil palm are utilized for production of valuable bio-products. In this study, technological feasibility of biorefinery for the production of biodiesel, hydrogen, Fischer-Tropsch liquids (FTLs) integrated with combined heat and power (CHP) generation was investigated. Flowsheet was designed for each of the processes using Aspen HYSYS® v 8.0. Material balance was performed on a palm oil mill processing 250 tonnes per year of fresh fruit palm (FFP). Results from the material balance shows that 45.1 tonnes of refined bleached deodorized palm oil (RDBPO) and 52.4 tonnes of EFB were available for the production of biodiesel, hydrogen, FTLs and the CHP generation. The annual plant capacity of the biodiesel production is estimated to be 26,331.912 tonnes. The overall energy consumption of the whole process was estimated to be 36.0 GJ/h. This energy demand was met with power generated from the CHP which is 792 GJ/h leaving a surplus of 756 GJ/h that can be sold to the grid. The process modelling and simulation of the biorefinery process shows technological feasibility of producing valuable products from oil palm.

Impact of Various Palm-Based Biodiesel Blend Mandates on Malaysian Crude Palm Oil Stock and Price: A System Dynamics Approach

With an increasing concern over world population, energy security, volatile fuel prices and rising in greenhouse gas emissions, many countries are considering to a more friendly alternative fossil fuels. United States and also the European Union has already introduce of legislation mandating the use of biofuels in the energy mix. This action has stimulated the demand for vegetable oils. Malaysia is currently the largest palm oil exporter and the second largest producer after Indonesia has launched her palm-based biodiesel blending mandate of 5 percent (B5) in year 2011. However the mandate has not been implemented nationwide. Thus, this study, therefore seeks to contribute to our understanding of the impacts of various blend mandates specifically B5, blending mandate of 7 percent (B7) and blending mandate of 10 percent (B10) on the Malaysian crude palm oil market stock and price. A system dynamics model was developed for the Malaysian palm oil industry which provides a framework to understand the feedback structure and how changes in various blend mandates impact the behaviour of the crude palm oil stock and price. This research suggests that increasing the blending rate is not a favourable policy, although it managed to decrease the crude palm oil stock to the targeted level but it does not contribute to palm-based biodiesel industry production due to loss in terms of profitability because of high crude palm oil prices.

Intergenerational socio-economic mobility and national development in Nigeria

Nigeria is blessed with an abundance of human and natural resources. It is the 6 th largest exporter of crude oil, formerly the largest and now the third largest exporter of palm oil in the world. It has the largest gas reserves in Africa including a vast accumulation of other natural resources and a population of about 147 million people, but it is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. This contradiction seems to evidence the fact that resources alone are not sufficient to engender growth and national development. For development to occur, the resources (human and material) must be employed to serve the positive needs of man. The human resources must be encouraged to work, initiate, interact and direct material resources towards solving practical problems and creating conveniences for man. For these to be, each and everybody in the society should be given an opportunity to contribute his or her quota toward meeting individual and collective needs. There is a need to create an opportunity space for all to contribute their talents, abilities and aptitudes towards solving societal problems. The wider the opportunity, the better for the economy. However, in Nigeria, unemployment, poverty, corruption, inequality among others, narrow the opportunity structure with the consequence that only a few people are positively engaged while majority of Nigerians rest heavily on receipts from the petroleum industry with its pollution and corruption side effects. This, has generated so much problems as the untapped energy is dissipated in negative directions in an attempt to ‘corner’ a larger share of the petroleum proceeds which is seen as free, God-given national cake which needs no work to benefit from. Intergenerational socio-economic mobility is an index that measures the opportunity structure in society, and the wider the opportunity structure, the more development is likely to occur. In sum, it is not just resources (oil or no oil) but the opportunity space that will engender development.

Determinants of Indonesian Palm Oil Export: Price and Income Elasticity Estimation

For Indonesian economy, palm oil is considered as one of important commodities. It provides a large amount of export revenue and job opportunities. From year 2000 to 2009, palm oil production in Indonesia has increased every year. In , 2008 about 70% of its production was exported. Recently, Indonesia has become the largest palm oil exporter and has 48% of the worlds market share. The aim of present study was to estimate the determinants of both crude palm oil exports (HS = 151110) and refined palm oil exports (HS = 151190) from Indonesia to the world market. In this study the export demand approach is used as a methodology to estimate price and income elasticity for Indonesian palm oil exports since January 1996 to July 2010. The results found that Indonesian palm oil export is significantly determined by its own export price and foreign countries income. The value of the elasticity of its own export price in the short- run is -0.54 which is larger than the value in the long-run is -0.41. It is similar to the estimated value of foreign countries income elasticity. It has larger value in the short-run (0.61) than in the long-run (0.49). The inelastic income elasticity result indicated Indonesian palm oil export is normal good. The estimated results are supported by in-significant result of world price of soybean oil. In conclusion, Indonesian government should consider the improvement of marketing strategies, trade and domestic policies which support Indonesian palm oil export.