Indonesia's palm oil business could benefit from the EU's deforestation-free laws. Yose Rizal Damuri, executive director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), said this legislation might help Indonesia grow its palm oil business by satisfying requirements. "We may actually take this as an incentive or opportunity for us to expand or enhance the Indonesian palm oil sector by satisfying various standards that have become a kind of parameter at the world level," Yose told Bisnis on Monday (20/3/2023). This is also an opportunity to petition the EU for help fixing domestic palm oil sector issues, especially for small farmers."We have to accept that Indonesian palm oil practices have problems, but we also have to beg for help to improve them," he said. He said the EU should help Indonesia meet the standards."This is an opportunity to develop, but we may ask the EU for help." If they propose all this, they should help us solve all palm oil issues," he said. He commended Indonesia for not boycotting the EU like Malaysia. Indonesian palm oil production is also small in the EU. He worried the boycott would hurt Indonesian interests. As previously reported, Malaysian oil palm and rubber producers petitioned the European Union on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, to oppose its free products from deforestation policy. Farmers petition the EU to examine deforestation rules and recognize their harm.Community Observer Policy Companion (PKPM) leaders have previously asked Indonesian oil palm and rubber farmers to collectively petition the EU. "We appreciate the invitation from our fellow palm oil smallholders in Malaysia, but let us, Indonesian palm oil farmers, make decisions our way," Apkasindo Chairman Gulat Manurung told Bisnis Thursday (16/3/2023).https://ekonomi.bisnis.com/read/20230320/12/1639075/kebijakan-deforestasi-eropa-csis-jadi-kesempatan-industri-sawit-ri-berbenah (ICE GIACARTA)

Fonte notizia: Bisnis.com - 20 March 2023