Indonesian Farmers Protest Against Rising Cost of Palm Oil Export Ban

Sumber: Reuters | Editor: Anastasia Lilin Yuliantina

KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Hundreds of Indonesian smallholder farmers on Tuesday staged a protest in the capital Jakarta and in other parts of the world's fourth most populous country, demanding the government end a palm oil export ban that has slashed their income.

Indonesia, the world's top palm oil exporter, on April 28 halted shipments of crude palm oil and some of its derivative products to control soaring prices of domestic cooking oil, rattling global vegetable oil markets.