
CRUDE Palm Oil (CPO) exports to the United States and Europe as of April 2018 has decreased due to soybean overstock in those countries. However, the exports to some Moslem countries have increased.Data collected from the Association of Indonesian Palm Oil Entrepreneurs (Gapki), as of April 2018 recorded, the volume of exports to the United States recorded 62.16 thousand tons, down by 42% compared to 106.57 thousand tons in March. \`\`The decline in US imports occurred due to their soybean overstock, \`\` said Gapki Executive Director Danang Girindrawardana, (8/6/2018).Meanwhile, CPO exports to the EU in the first quarter of 2018 have been eroded by 312.19 thousand tons. The amount is equivalent to 16% when compared to the same period of 2017, from 1.90 million tonnes down to 1.59 million tonnes.However, during this year\`s Ramadan, exports are increasing to countries in the Middle East, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Although these increament is not in line with the export volume to India which has decreased. While all this time the export to India during Ramadan month usually experienced escalated volume.In April, Indonesia\`s palm oil exports to India goes down by 15 percent, from 408.65 thousand tons in March to 346.28 thousand tons. Annually, on the first quarter, exports to India were down by 24 percent. Exports to India were reduced by 570.89 thousand tons or from 2.37 million tons from January to April 2017 down to 1.80 million tons in the same period of 2018. \`It is likely due to high import tariffs by India,\` said Danang. ***