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JAKARTA, May 1 Asia Pulse - Indonesia plans to export 40,000 tons of palm oil to Russia in May-July under a countertrade agreement signed by the leaders of the two countries last week.
The agreement to trade Russian Sukhoi aircraft for Indonesian products would be worth US$16.5 million, of which US$15 million will be paid by Indonesia in the form of palm oil, said Derom Bangun, chairman of the Association of Indonesian Palm Oil Businessmen (Gapki).
In addition to palm oil, Indonesia will also trade 26 other products, including vegetable fat, palm stearin, stearin, crude palm oil (CPO), rubber, textiles, cacao, tea, coffee, computers, electronic equipment, bauxite, plastic housewares, black pepper, white tin, fruit, fish and fish products and chemical products.
Derom said a number of major palm oil companies had expressed their readiness to participate in the countertrade if the price offered by Bulog (State Logistics Agency) was reasonable.
"The price of palm oil offered (by Bulog) should match the international price. But it would be normal if Bulog included additional costs for administration, shipping and warehousing," Derom said.
The CPO price in Rotterdam on Monday was recorded at US$407.5 a ton, while the commodity's fob price at Indonesian ports ranged ...