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KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Cocoa is still one of Indonesia's mainstay commodities for export to the international market. This is supported by the fairly competitive global cocoa bean price throughout 2024.

In the new agricultural campaign that is now beginning, the governments of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the world's largest cocoa producers, have decided to once again raise the purchase price from farmers to new historic highs. The rise in prices is due to the global drop in production, “the biggest in the last 60 years”, according to the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO), a result of climate change in West Africa. In October, in an unprecedented decision, the Government of Côte d'Ivoire, the world's largest cocoa producer, decided to increase the purchase price from farmers by 20%, rising to 1800 CFA francs (about 191 meticais) per kilo, thus beating , once again, the all-time high. The increase is even more significant if we consider that, at the end of 2023, the price was “only” one thousand CFA francs (106 meticais) per kilo. Remember that in Côte d'Ivoire, the purchase price is fixed in advance by the State at the beginning of each agricultural season. Therefore, the price of cocoa is less

Reporter: Dimas Andi, Leni Wandira | Editor: Tri Sulistiowati KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The government has officially replaced the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) with the Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDP). This change is accompanied by the expansion of the agency's functions, which now not only manage funds from palm oil commodities, but also cocoa and coconut. The change in this agency is stated in Presidential Regulation No. 132 of 2024 which was signed by the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo on October 18, 2024, or two days before he stepped down. In this policy, the collection of funds by BPDP will come from plantation business actors, funds from financing institutions, community funds, and other legitimate funds. Funds sourced from business actors include export levies on plantation products and/or derivatives and contributions. Levies on the export of this commodity must be paid by plantation business actors who export, industrial business actors using plantation raw materials, and exporters of the results of