Indonesia Palm FFB Prices: Riau Plasma and Aceh Rise, Riau Independent Falls

Jakarta — Fresh fruit bunch (FFB) price determinations available by 11 November 2026 show gains for Riau plasma growers, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan and Aceh's eastern and western regions, while Riau's partnered independent growers, Jambi and North Sumatra recorded declines. Riau's plasma reference price for palms aged 10–20 years reached IDR 3,766.55 per kilogram for 11–17 November, against IDR 3,680.99 for its partnered independent growers. These are provincial reference determinations for growers in partnership arrangements, not guaranteed farmgate transaction prices. Their effective periods differ.

Provincial prices and changes from previous determinations

The changes below compare each figure with the previous entry in the same provincial and partnership series. Aceh has separate eastern and western schedules. North Sumatra's most recent verified determination covers 4–10 November, a period that has ended; no subsequent verified figure was found in the sources checked.

Area and partnership	2026 period	IDR/kg, age 10–20	Change IDR/kg
Riau plasma	11–17 Nov	3,766.55	+24.11
Riau partnered independent	11–17 Nov	3,680.99	−9.48
Jambi plasma	6–12 Nov	3,717.24	−0.53
North Sumatra plasma	4–10 Nov	3,717.33	−23.08
South Sumatra plasma	1–15 Nov	3,618.39	+77.00
West Kalimantan partnered	1–7 Nov	3,484.85	+32.12
Eastern Aceh plasma	4–17 Nov	3,567	+57
Western Aceh plasma	4–17 Nov	3,532	+54

The Pelalawan district government's Riau schedule highlights IDR 3,719.99 for nine-year-old palms in the partnered independent category; the table instead uses its IDR 3,680.99 figure for the 10–20-year band. HaiSawit, citing Riau's Media Center, gives IDR 3,786.79 for nine-year-old plasma palms and IDR 3,766.55 for the 10–20-year band. Combining the two partnership types into one Riau price would obscure this distinction.

Different effective periods and CPO inputs

In South Sumatra, Sawit Setara reported that the provincial pricing team met on 9 November. It set the plasma 10–20-year price for 1–15 November at IDR 3,618.39, up from the previous 16–31 October entry of IDR 3,541.39. The West Kalimantan plantation department's SIDIKH system lists IDR 3,484.85 for November period I, compared with IDR 3,452.73 in the final October period. Jambi Ekspres says that period covered 1–7 November, so it must not be presented as a new determination for 11 November.

Sawit Setara reported that Aceh's order, signed on 4 November, fixed the plasma price at IDR 3,567 in its eastern area and IDR 3,532 in the western area until 17 November. North Sumatra's 4–10 November determination, also reported from a pricing record by Sawit Setara, set IDR 3,717.33 for 10–20-year-old palms. The highest price there applied instead to 21-year-old palms, at IDR 3,721.67.

Media Biodiesel's CPO price page shows an Indonesian KPBN physical tender price of IDR 14,278/kg on 10 November and a third-month Bursa Malaysia FCPO futures price of MYR 4,260 per tonne on the same date. Neither is the same as the local CPO input used in each FFB calculation: South Sumatra's determination used IDR 14,740.29/kg, while West Kalimantan's official system listed IDR 14,616.07/kg. Different windows, kernel prices and calculation factors mean a daily tender rise does not establish that all provincial FFB prices rose together.

Why the numbers matter for biodiesel supply

FFB is the starting material in the palm-oil supply chain that also feeds palm-based biodiesel production. Provincial price changes therefore matter for growers' income and feedstock costs, but an FFB price is not itself a biodiesel price or the monthly biodiesel market index price (HIP). The schedule here includes weekly and fortnightly provincial determinations; HIP follows a different monthly cycle.

Growers should match the palm's age and the partnership arrangement before using a reference figure. Actual farmgate prices can differ with fruit quality, location and transaction terms. The price hub carries the underlying series histories. No newer determination was verified for Central, East or South Kalimantan, or the southwestern Aceh series, in this review. Bengkulu still has a 1–15 November determination; West Sumatra's last recorded period is 1–7 November. Neither was assigned a new figure without a new source.