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Indonesia widens export ban to crude and refined palm oil
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Workers in Indonesia load palm oil fruit for transportation to factories, on April 27, 2022.
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JAKARTA - Indonesia has widened the scope of its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil to include crude and refined palm oil, in the latest policy flip-flop.
The announcement on Wednesday night (April 27) came just a day after Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said only the export of refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palm olein would be banned.
