Apcasi complained about the high export duty and palm oil levies

Reporter: Muhammad Julian | Editor: Yudho Winarto KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Indonesian Palm Kernel Shell Entrepreneurs Association (Apcasi) complained about the high export duties and levies. This is considered inconsistent with the government's efforts to boost exports. The head of Apcasi Dikki Akhmar said that the export duty and palm oil levies make it increasingly difficult for palm shell exporters to compete with other palm shell producing countries such as Malaysia in the export market. "There are no taxes or levies in palm shell exporting countries," said Dikki when contacted by Kontan.co.id, Tuesday (25/8). A little information is that currently oil palm exporters need to pay US $ 22 per tonne to pay export duties and the plantation fund levies on palm kernel shell exports. In detail, as much as US $ 7 per ton of which is the export duty rate, while the remaining US $ 15 per ton is the levy rate for plantation funds on palm shell exports. With this amount, the export ...