JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – PT Astra Agro Lestari (AALI) Tbk produced 116,300 tons of crude palm oil (CPO) last month, grew slightly from 115,600 tons in August 2012.
August output was substantially lower than July (130,900 tons), which was also lower than July 2012 (135,200 tons).
As a result, in eight months of 2013, AALI’s CPO output grew only 7.2% to 951,399 tons.
FFBs harvested in the period, on the other hand, declined 5.3% to 3.23 million tons, mainly due to substantial decline of harvest in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Sumatra output down 6.5% in the period, while Kalimantan declined 6.1%. Sulawesi output slipped only 0.6% in the same period.