Published 22 Jul,2020 via Bloomberg Tech - Palm oil stockpiles in Indonesia, the world’s top grower, will probably slump to their smallest in 16 months by the end of July as production hits the lowest in more than two years after floods in major growing regions disrupted the harvest and delivery of fruit to mills.
Reserves are forecast to fall more than 10% from a month earlier to 3 million tons, according to the median estimate from five analysts and plantation executives compiled by Bloomberg. Production will drop 8.3% to 3.54 million tons from an estimated 3.86 million tons in June, the survey showed.
Floods at some plantations in Kalimantan and Sumatra have disrupted the palm fruit harvest, said Eddy Martono, director of planter PT Mega Karya Nusa. July is also usually a low production month and output is expected to start rising in September, he said.
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Eko Listiyorini