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"Much of the decline was in the refined products, crude (palm oil) exports went up," Sinaga said, blaming the change in the palm exports levy for the drop in refined products exports
The Indonesian government temporarily removed its export levy on palm oil to help reduce costs of exports. Crude palm oil previously carried the highest export levy to encourage companies to refine products onshore
Exports of crude palm oil in the first half are estimated at around 5 million tonnes.