Jakarta, June 9 -- The Trade Ministry's new palm oil regulation (Permendag 16/2026) prioritizes strengthening state-owned exporting companies while introducing a transitional framework for businesses to adapt ahead of full implementation.

The regulation, which replaces Ministerial Regulation (Permendag No. 26/2024), introduces a phased transition timeline designed to give private business actors time to adapt before full enforcement takes effect at the start of 2027, according to the ministry's Acting Director of Agricultural and Forestry Product Exports, Bayu Wicaksono Putro.

Speaking at a virtual briefing in Jakarta on Tuesday, Bayu Wicaksono clarified that while the types of regulated commodities remain unchanged, the distribution ch...