• What percentage of CPO is used for food?
  • Of the total global export of CPO, 79% is used for food. Many countries are completely dependent on these imports for their supply of vegetable oil. India, for example, the largest importer of palm oil, has no domestic production, and uses over 95% of the imported volume (9 Mtonne) for food purposes [Citation 32].
  • How many hectares do you need to produce a tonne of oil?
  • We can simply calculate this as 1 / Yield (in tonnes per hectare). This comparison by crop is shown here. To produce one tonne of oil, we need only 0.3 hectares of land from palm oil, 1.4 hectares from sunflower or rapeseed, 3.7 hectares from coconut, and 7 hectares from groundnut.
  • How many FMCG companies are leading the way on sustainable palm oil?
  • Six fmcg companies leading the way on sustainable palm oil. https://www. thegrocer.co.uk/sourcing/six-fmcg-companies-leading-the-way-on-sustainable-palm-oil/658730.article Peteru, S., Komarudin, H., & Brady, M.A. (2022). Sustainability certifications, approaches, and tools for oil palm in Indonesia and Malaysia.
  • Why did CPO prices break the Myr 4000 per tonne level?
  • CPO prices breached the MYR4,000 per tonne level for the first time in five months to close at MYR4,017 per tonne on January 26, though prices were unable to sustain at the level following downward pressure coming from weaker rival oils and slower export demand for January.
  • What is the CPO feedstock for biodiesel?
  • The CPO feedstock for biodiesel is aggregated with the demand for other uses (food, industrial, and export). We then derive the plantation area needed to cover the total expected demand. The study linearly extrapolates the projection of palm oil needed for meeting the blending targets, food production and industrial uses.
  • Why are international CPO prices so high?
  • International CPO prices have enjoyed a steady long-term increase over the last 2 decades, reaching record highs in recent years as global demand for palm oil has grown faster than supply (Trading Economics, 2021; World Bank Group, 2022).