Bengkulu, June 2 -- Indonesia can expect palm oil fresh fruit bunch prices to recover after recent declines in several producing regions, Regional Representatives Council (DPD) Speaker Sultan B. Najamudin said, citing government assurances that market conditions will gradually normalize.

Najamudin said he had conveyed farmers' concerns over weakening prices, which became increasingly apparent last month, directly to the government following discussions with Deputy Agriculture Minister Sudaryono.

"I recently met again with the deputy minister. We understand conditions in the field, and Mr. Sudaryono has assured us that prices will gradually normalize," Najamudin said in remarks received in Bengkulu on Tuesday.

He said the price decline ...