Overview

The Badan Pengelola Dana Perkebunan (BPDP) or Plantation Fund Management Agency is a Public Service Agency (BLU) under and directly responsible to the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia. BPDP is mandated to collect, manage, and disburse plantation funds to support sustainability, productivity, and competitiveness of Indonesia’s strategic plantation commodities.

Legal Basis

  • Law No. 17/2003 on State Finance
  • Law No. 39/2014 on Plantations
  • Government Regulation No. 24/2015 on Plantation Fund Collection
  • Presidential Regulation No. 132/2024 on Plantation Fund Management
  • Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK) No. 6/2025 on the Organization and Work Procedures of BPDP

Commodities Managed

Under Perpres 132/2024, BPDP manages funds for three strategic plantation commodities:

  1. Palm Oil 🌴
  2. Cocoa 🍫
  3. Coconut 🥥

Duties and Functions

BPDP’s core mandate is to collect, manage, and disburse plantation funds in line with government policy. Its functions include:

  • Planning and budgeting of plantation funds.
  • Collection of funds from export levies and other legal sources.
  • Professional and transparent management and investment of funds.
  • Disbursement of funds to support strategic upstream and downstream programs.
  • Monitoring, reporting, and accountability of fund utilization.

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee of BPDP consists of eight ministries:

  1. Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs (Chair)
  2. Ministry of Finance
  3. Ministry of Agriculture
  4. Ministry of Industry
  5. Ministry of Trade
  6. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
  7. Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises
  8. Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas)

Strategic Programs

Upstream Sector:

  • Smallholder replanting programs (including palm oil, cocoa, coconut).
  • Improvement of plantation infrastructure and facilities.
  • Strengthening of farmer institutions.

Downstream Sector:

  • Research, development, and innovation.
  • Human resource development.
  • Industrial downstreaming and value-added enhancement.
  • Promotion and expansion of export markets.
  • Support for biodiesel and renewable energy.
  • Food products based on plantation commodities.

Funding Sources

BPDP funds come from:

  • Export levies on plantation commodities and their derivatives.
  • Investment returns from fund management.

Supervision

BPDP is supervised through:

  • Technical and financial oversight by the Ministry of Finance (Directorate of State Asset Management and Directorate of BLU Supervision).
  • External audit and supervision by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) and Government Internal Supervisory Apparatus (APIP).
  • Internal Audit Unit (SPI) within BPDP.