The Benefits Are Tickling, Palm Oil Cake Sailing to Gresik

Oil palm cake (palm kernel expeller / PKE) is the final product of the palm kernel processing which can be used as raw material for animal feed of plant origin. Not only is it very attractive to the export market, palm oil cake is also sought after by Indonesians to meet their livestock food needs. For oil palm center areas, the use of palm oil cake as raw material for animal feed may be commonplace, but for farmers who are outside the central palm oil province, the demand for palm oil cake is quite significant. North Kalimantan Province, especially Nunukan Regency, has been able to make palm oil cake as one of the leading commodities. A total of 3,000 tons of oil palm cake with an economic value of IDR 3 billion have been sent to Gresik, East Java using the TB TNL 2501 / TB.TRUST-16 ship through the Nunukan Sea Port. Tarakan Agriculture Quarantine Officer, Wilker Nunukan, Noor Effendi, said that before sailing, the oil palm cake had been inspected with the aim of ensuring the ...