"To cater to the rising demand from the Chinese market for (palm) oil as well as to give greater benefit to 17 million Indonesian farmers in managing and increasing palm product, China is ready to increase its import of palm oil and crude palm oil from Indonesia to 2 million tons," Keqiang said in his address to Indonesia-China Business Summit 2018 held at Shangri-la Hotel in Jakarta on Monday night.
Realizing that palm oil and crude palm oil have great market in China, the Chinese government will increase the import of palm oil from Indonesia, he said.
He went on to say that China will also buy other Indonesian farm products such as tropical fruits.
Hence, he said the Chinese government will give Indonesian businessmen convenience to increase imports to China.
"In this respect, we also hope Indonesia will give convenience to Chinese businessmen. And I believe that the move will enable us to benefit from the exports and imports," he said at the forum also attended by Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Chinese and Indonesian stakeholders.
Reporter: Fransiska Ninditya
Editor: Suharto
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