No Trade Barriers against Indonesia Palm Oil
“There are no trade barriers against Indonesian palm oil, the EU market is open. The EU and Indonesia agree to strengthen their dialogue and cooperation to develop the sustainability of palm oil production”. Vincent Guerend, EU Ambassador to Indonesia The EU welcomes and support Indonesia’s efforts towards achieving 100 percent sustainable Palm Oil by 2020. The EU is ready to work with Indonesia on how existing certification schemes could be strengthened and promoted. The EU does not require sustainability measures to be commodity -specific. We are committed to fight all drivers of deforastation (soy, beef, cocoa, coffee, tiimber etc). To be fully inclusive, a future, “sustainable Palm Oil solution “ does not have to put the burden of certification on individual “small farmers “ (40 %of Indonesian Production ): Group -certification and landscape approachrs could also be explored. Indonesia has committed to reduce emissions from deforastation by 70–99 percent compared to business as u