Ukraine Still Interested Against Indonesian CPO

"Exporter of Europe, especially from Ukraine is still need to import palm oil from Indonesia," said the Ukrainian businessman Sergey Pleskov interrupted "Coffee Morning" Expansion of Export Commodity held Kadin Medan Sumatra on Tuesday.

Exporter countries, he said, also believes the product of CPO from Indonesia has advantages, especially the natural raw material even though the issue of environmental destruction due to oil palm plantations and industry continued to be heard.

Moreover, Ukraine is not a member of the European Union so that the negative campaigning in the country considered to have no effect.

Another advantage of CPO, according to him, lower cholesterol levels than other types of vegetable oils such as sunflower oil and olive oil which is also imported.

Pleskov mention, the last two years since Ukraine's CPO imports from Indonesia has increased.

Based on the data, he said, Ukraine's imports from Indonesia's largest or about 60 percent of the CPO and the rest include coffee, cocoa and apparel.

Ukrainian entrepreneurs today are exploring even greater import for the commodity of coffee and chocolate.

Potential agricultural / plantation Indonesia is still considered a potential, he said.

Minister Counsellor Embassy in Ukraine Gusti Putu Gede admit, Ukraine has a CPO processing plant so that its derivatives also re-exported to other countries sepertii Russian, Polish, Czech, Romania, Belarus and Slovakia.

Since then, Ukrainians need a CPO from Indonesia, which mostly come from North Sumatra.

"In addition to commodities, the Ukrainian businessman also liked the product so that no imports of Indonesian handicraft product," he said.

Officials from the Directorate of Technical Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Robert Sitorus who brought the group some investors said the meeting was expected to continue with the more serious conversation antarpengusaha.

The meeting of foreign and local businessmen such as North Sumatra are expected to open opportunities for greater exports, he said.

Vice Chairman of Investment and International Cooperation Jonner Napitupulu meyebutkan North Sumatra Chamber of Commerce, North Sumatera actually need more cooperation in investment considering commodity trading has been running smoothly.

I hope the meeting between foreign businessmen and North Sumatra were not only increase trade volume, but also leads to an investment plan in North Sumatra, he said.

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