How to Check Official Palm FFB Prices by Province

Indonesian palm growers can check officially determined fresh fruit bunch (FFB) purchase prices through the Ministry of Agriculture's SIPASBUN provincial report or the provincial plantation office's price determination. Match the province, applicable period, palm age and partnership category before comparing a figure with a mill receipt. Agriculture Ministerial Regulation No. 13/2024 governs purchases from partner growers and revoked Regulation No. 1/2018. It does not establish one nationwide price guaranteed to every grower.

What to prepare

• The province and the date the fruit was harvested or received by the palm oil mill.
• The palms' age and whether the grower is a plasma partner, an independent grower in a partnership, or not yet partnered.
• A copy of the partnership agreement, if one exists. It specifies the mill, fruit acceptance requirements and agreed payment terms.
• Weighbridge records, sorting results and payment details for a like-for-like comparison.

How to find and interpret the official price

1. Open the SIPASBUN provincial FFB price report. Select a province, week, month and year, then press Tampilkan (Display). The site offers per-period, weekly, monthly and yearly views. If the table is empty or the required period is unavailable, do not assume that an older price remains current. Ask the provincial plantation office for its latest determination.
2. Read the effective period first and match it to the date the mill received the fruit. Regulation 13/2024 requires the price-setting team to meet at least once every two weeks; that does not mean every province publishes a determination on the same day.
3. Select the row for the relevant palm age, rather than the highest number on the page. Note the price in IDR per kilogram, the K index, crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel yields, and the CPO and kernel prices where displayed. Under Article 9, the provincial office head sets the partner-grower price on the governor's behalf, following the team's proposal and these components.
4. Check whether the figure applies to plasma or independent partner growers. Annex I to the regulation gives them different pricing formulas, including different yield inputs. A grower without a partnership agreement should not assume that a partner price is automatically guaranteed for their transaction.
5. Compare the mill's recorded weight, sorting, any weight deductions for fruit quality and payment via the grower organisation. Article 17 specifies that the determined purchase price is at the mill; Article 20 says a partner-grower representative witnesses weighing and sorting. If the amounts differ, seek a written explanation from the grower organisation and mill, then raise the documents with the local plantation office.

Common mistakes and official contacts

Do not compare a receipt with another province, a different palm-age bracket or an expired determination. A CPO auction price, export reference price and mill-gate FFB price are different measures. Nor should plasma and independent partner prices be treated as interchangeable without checking the relevant determination. A lower payment may also involve documented sorting and weight deductions: check the records and agreement rather than presuming that the mill ignored the official price.

If the relevant determination has not appeared online, contact the plantation office in your province or the grower organisation named in the partnership agreement. The Directorate General of Plantations describes local oversight of price determination and application. This site also provides an FFB price overview, but the provincial decision for the correct period and category is the primary reference for a transaction. The cited sources do not publish a fee for reading the report or a complaint-processing deadline, so this guide makes no such claim.