JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI) sold 151,937 tons in November 2013, increased 2.4% from 148,331 tons in November 2012.
Year to date, AALI’s CPO sales volume reached 1.41 million tons, increased 11.2% compared to last year period.
Meanwhile AALI’s kernel sales volume also increased by 300,546 tons or by 48.4% from
202,464 tons on the same period last year.
AALI’s average selling price declined 5% to Rp7,102 per kilogram, compared to Rp7,474 per kilogram in January-November period of 2012.
Indonesia is the largest CPO producer with total output of 28,300 tons this year, representing 50.4% of total world output. Malaysia is the second with 19,260 tons of CPO output, or 34.3% of total world output.
While India is the biggest consumer of CPO with 8,352 tons this year, or 14% of total world consumption, followed by Indonesia (7,930 tons), European Union (6,535 tons), and China (6,239 tons).