Indonesia’s palm oil export value has risen by 35% amid rising prices

According to Indonesia’s Central Statistics Office (BPS), the country has seen double-digit growth in the value of palm oil exports this year amid sharply rising prices for the country’s primary commodity. From January to August 2025, Indonesia exported approximately US$16.66 billion worth of crude palm oil (CPO) and its refined products. During the same period last year, Southeast Asia’s largest economy sold approximately US$12.32 billion worth of palm oil to its foreign partners. “Thus, our palm oil exports increased by 35.23% year-on-year in the first eight months of 2025,” M. Habibullah, deputy director of statistical production at the BPS, said at a press conference on Wednesday. The BPS attributed the increase to rising prices for this agricultural commodity. This year, Indonesia sold palm oil at an average price of $1,041.32 per ton, up 19.91% from the previous year. Last year, the average price was approximately $868.42 per ton. Previously, German analysts noted that ...