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  • What is the palm oil refining industry?
  • The palm oil refining industry is one of the most important manufacturing sectors in the world. Palm oil has become an increasingly important vegetable oil in the world market and currently, Indonesia & Malaysia are the largest producer and exporting company of Crude Palm oil.
  • How can Indonesian sustainable palm oil improve production?
  • Corporate support and Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil certification help boosting the harvest up to 80 kg of output. The current farming association shows a sign of inefficiency. The plantation lifespan has a positive impact on output productivity, which will be achieved when the plantation lifespan has productive periods.
  • Can palm oil be used for biodegradable polymers?
  • Among the various types of vegetable oils, palm oil has great potential to be further developed for raw materials of biodegradable polymers because Indonesia is currently the world's largest producer of CPO (crude palm oil) in the world and has the largest land area for palm oil cultivation in the world [9, 10].
  • When did Indonesia become the world's largest palm oil producer?
  • This trend began in the 1980s when Indonesia declared its intention to become the world's largest palm oil producer (Van Gelder, 2004) and has continued to current times with goals to double production (Lian and Ghazoul, 2010).
  • Is palm oil a renewable resource?
  • In addition, palm oil is a source of renewable raw materials, which has more value than exhaustible raw materials like those derived from petroleum (fossil). ...
  • What is Indonesia doing to increase demand for palm oil?
  • The Indonesian government has also focused on increasing national demand for palm oil with the implementation of an aggressive biofuel policy that sets mandatory targets for palm-biodiesel blends across various sectors like transportation, electricity and public service (Kharina et al., 2016). ... ...