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Sektor Perkebunan Masih Menjadi Andalan

The Plantation Sector is Still the Mainstay

Kelapa sawit masih menjadi andalan di sektor perkebunan, Palm oil is still a mainstay in the plantation sector, as well
sekaligus sumber pendapatan daerah melalui berbagai as a source of regional income through various business
kegiatan usaha. Diketahui, saat ini terdapat tujuh investor activities. It is known that there are currently seven oil
kelapa sawit di Kabupaten Merauke, di mana enam di palm investors in Merauke Regency, of which six are foreign
antaranya merupakan investor asing. investors.

Dalam kebijakannya Pemerintah Kabupaten Merauke In its policy, the Merauke Regency Government encourages
mendorong setiap investor untuk mengembangkan industri every investor to develop the palm oil industry. This is to
kelapa sawit. Hal tersebut demi memberikan nilai tambah provide added value and open up jobs for the people of
dan membuka lapangan pekerjaan bagi masyarakat Merauke Regency, especially indigenous Papuans (OAP).
Kabupaten Merauke, khususnya orang asli Papua (OAP).

Diketahui, saat ini telah berdiri lima pabrik crude palm oil It is known that there are currently five crude palm oil (CPO)
(CPO) di Kabupaten Merauke. Kehadiran pabrik tersebut factories in Merauke Regency. The presence of the factory
tentu akan sangat mendukung produksi kelapa sawit yang will certainly greatly support palm oil production which will
meningkat sangat pesat di tahun 2023. increase very rapidly in 2023.

Berdasarkan data Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) Kabupaten Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS)
Merauke, pada tahun 2023 produksi kelapa sawit Kabupaten of Merauke Regency, in 2023 Merauke Regency's oil palm
Merauke sebesar 665.444.834,98 ton, meningkat hampir production amounted to 665,444,834.98 tons, an increase of
300% dari tahun sebelumnya. nearly 300% from the previous year.