For the whole year of 2012, the company’s CPO production reached 525,831 tons, increased 16.3% from 452,113 tons in 2011.
Palm kernel oil (PKO) output also rose 5.6% to 10,445 tons in December 2012, while PKO extraction rate inched down to 5.4%, compared to 5.5% in December 2011. CPO extraction rate also declined to 23.1% in December 2012 from 23.4% in the same month of 2011.
FFB output increased 0.1% to 176,190 tons in December 2012, including 23.5% growth of plasma plantation output. Nucleus plantation produced 155,449 tons of FFBs in December 2012. (Indonesia Today)