OIL PALM IN INDONESIA


DOWN TO EARTH, May 2000

Total area of oil palm plantation 3 million ha *
Area allocated to oil palm 8.7 million ha BKMP 1997 *
Applications for oil palm plantations
(district level 1999)
32 million ha *
Productivity (1997) 3.37 tonnes CPO/ha
Pending applications
from plantation companies
around 4.5 million ha
Area of forest converted
annually for palm oil (1999)
330,000 ha
Area of oil palm plantation
planted in 1997
266,565 ha #
Growth rate of oil palm plantation
area per year (1967-97)
12% #
Employment in oil palm industry
(1998)
Over 2 million people #
8 conglomerates control 2.1 million ha
Malaysian investments in oil palm 1.3 million ha
Number of oil palm companies
implicated in 1997/8 forest fires
133 of 176 total
CPO production 1997 5.4 million tonnes #
CPO production 1998 5 million tonnes #
Estimated CPO production 1999 5.6 million tonnes #
Indonesian contribution
to global palm oil supply
30% (2nd after Malaysia) #
Palm oil exports (1997) 2.9 million tonnes #
worth US $1.4 bn
+/- 49% of production *



Destinations of Indonesian CPO exports (1997) *

Netherlands 44%
Germany 12%
Italy 9%
Spain 5%
Kenya 3%
USA 2%
Greece 2%
UK 1%



Area and CPO production by category, 1997

Smallholders Area (ha)
Production (tonnes)
813,175
1,292,829
Government Estate Area (ha)
Production (tonnes)
448,735
1,800,252
Private Estate Area (ha)
Production (tonnes)
1,254,169
2,287,366
Total Area (ha)
Production (tonnes)
2,516,079
5,380,447



Land holdings owned by some Indonesian oil palm conglomerates, 1997

Holding Company Group Total land bank area
(ha)
Total area planted
(ha)
PT PP London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk Napan Group 245,629 78,944
PT Bakria Sumatra Plantations Bakria and Brothers 376,041 34,392
PT Golden Agri Resources Sinar Mas Group 582,208 211,713
PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk Astra International 280,000 177,976
PT Asian Agri Raja Garuda Mas 200,000 110,000
PT Salim Plantations Salim Group 275,000 125,000
PT Socfindo Socfin Group 47,777 37,180
PT Tolan Tiga SIPEF Group 52,869 36,312
Total   2,059,524 811,517



HISTORY




NOTE
All figures from OED, 2000 unless otherwise stated.
# Casson A, 2000, The Hesitant Boom, CIFOR
* Wakker E, 2000, Funding Forest Destruction, Aid Environment


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