Pengaruh Penerapan Bea Keluar Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Terhadap Ekspor dan Harga Domestik

Abstract

The government of Indonesia imposed export tax on crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives since September 1994. This policy has two objectives, first is to guarantee the availability of domestic CPO as the main raw material of cooking oil which is one of the staple products of Indonesia. Secondly, is to develop the downstream industry of the palm oil industry which has higher value added compare to CPO. With limiting CPO export, hopefully the CPO will be utilized to produce higher value added product. The objective of this research is to analyze the effect of the export tax on CPO export and domestic CPO price. The method utilized in the analysis is Vector Error Correction and Granger Causality. The results indicate that export tax do not afect CPO and refined palm oil (RPO) export and domestic and international price. Meanwhile, as a whole, export tax affects CPO export price.