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C KALIMANTAN'S EARNINGS FROM CPO EXPORTS UP 100 PCT PLUS
Palangka Raya, Sept 5 (ANTARA) - A continuous increase in crude palm oil (CPO) production in Central Kalimantan this year resulted in a doubling of the province's income from the commodity's export, a local statistics official said here Friday.
Central Kalimantan's CPO exports in the period January-July 2008 reached a total value of 200.52 million US dollars or 108.61 percent up from the figure in the same period last year, Dantes Simbolon, head of the provincial Bureau of Statistics, said.
"The largest contributor to Central Kalimantan's foreign exchange earnings among its animal and vegetable oils was CPO while export of wood and wooden things contributed 59.36 million US dollars," Simbolon said.
He said an increase in CPO exports also happened last July when they brought in 12.35 million US dollars even though during the month exports were dominated by wood and wooden items.
Shipment of Central Kalimantan's export goods was mostly done through Pangkalan Bun in Kotawaringin Barat district. In July, 10.67 million US dollars worth of goods or 88 percent of the province's total exports were sent overseas via Pangkalan Bun.
"Most of the exports in July went to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) worth 3.36 million US dollars and to Qatar worth 2.27 million US dollars," he said.
Dantes earlier said wood exports from Central Kalimmantan were tending to decline every year but the opposite was the case with CPO exports.
Central Kalimantan's exports had for a long time been dominated by wood and wooden items but this condition had changed since forest exploitation activity declined.
Dantes added several companies prefered to export their commodities through ports outside Central Kalimantan because local ports had minimum facilities.
Central Kalimantan's CPO exports in the period January-July 2008 reached a total value of 200.52 million US dollars or 108.61 percent up from the figure in the same period last year, Dantes Simbolon, head of the provincial Bureau of Statistics, said.
"The largest contributor to Central Kalimantan's foreign exchange earnings among its animal and vegetable oils was CPO while export of wood and wooden things contributed 59.36 million US dollars," Simbolon said.
He said an increase in CPO exports also happened last July when they brought in 12.35 million US dollars even though during the month exports were dominated by wood and wooden items.
Shipment of Central Kalimantan's export goods was mostly done through Pangkalan Bun in Kotawaringin Barat district. In July, 10.67 million US dollars worth of goods or 88 percent of the province's total exports were sent overseas via Pangkalan Bun.
"Most of the exports in July went to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) worth 3.36 million US dollars and to Qatar worth 2.27 million US dollars," he said.
Dantes earlier said wood exports from Central Kalimmantan were tending to decline every year but the opposite was the case with CPO exports.
Central Kalimantan's exports had for a long time been dominated by wood and wooden items but this condition had changed since forest exploitation activity declined.
Dantes added several companies prefered to export their commodities through ports outside Central Kalimantan because local ports had minimum facilities.
