Market Integration of Palm Oil in South Sumatera
Taufiq Marwa, Abukosim, Mukhtaruddin, Abdul Bashir, and K.M. Husni Thamrin
Faculty of Economics, Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, Indonesia
Keywords: central market, local market, market integration, palm oil
Abstract: This study aims to determine the integration of the palm oil commodity market in South Sumatra. This market
integration will be seen through the effect the price of palm oil in the central market on the price of palm oil
in the local market and the influence of prices on the local market on the price of palm oil in the central
market. The data used in this study are secondary data issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of
South Sumatra Province, Directorate General of Plantations, and other relevant institutions. The analytical
tool used in this study is the granger causality test. The results indicate that there is a one-way influence that
the price of palm oil in the local market influences the price of palm oil in the central market while the price
of palm oil in the central market does not affect the price of palm oil in the local market.
1 INTRODUCTION
Palm as a producer of palm oil is one of the
plantation crops that is the mainstay of South Sumatra
Province in generating foreign exchange. The export
value of palm oil in South Sumatra Province ranks
second after rubber commodities. Palm oil's
contribution to the export value of South Sumatra is
in the range of 10 percent, while rubber is 70 percent.
The development of the palm plantation in the
Province of South Sumatra cannot be separated from
the existence of government policies that provide
various incentives, especially the ease of licensing
and investment subsidy assistance for the
development of smallholder plantations with the
PIRBun pattern and in the opening of new areas for
large private plantation areas (Azwardi, Bashir,
Adam, & Marwa, 2016; and Departemen
Perindustrian, 2007).
Currently, South Sumatra ranks third after Riau
and North Sumatra in terms of area and total palm oil
production in Indonesia. The total area of palm oil
plantations in Indonesia in 2014 was 8,224,468 acres,
and production in 2014 was 29,344,479 tons. The area
of oil palm in South Sumatra in 2014 was 1,111,050
acres (554,687 acres of people's plantations, 55,221
acres of state plantations, 501,142 acres of private
plantations) (Direktorat Jenderal Perkebunan, 2014).
South Sumatra's palm oil production amounted to
2,852,988 tons (1,213,457 tons of smallholder
plantations, 138,414 tons of State plantations,
1,501.11t tons of private plantations). Three regencies
that have the largest area of oil palm plantations in
South Sumatra are Musi Rawas District (14.51% of
the total area of oil palm plantations in South
Sumatra) Musi Banyuasin District with an area of
20.72% of the total area in South Sumatra, and
Banyuasin District (29, 78%).
The price of fresh palm bunches (TBS) in most
palm oil producing areas in Indonesia at the farm
level often experiences very large fluctuations.
Although the price level has been regulated by the
Minister of Agriculture (2013) Regulation Number
14 of 2013 concerning Guidelines for Determining
the Price of Fresh Palm Bunches (TBS), the price
level of TBS at the farm level often experiences a
decrease far below the government decree price.
The prices received by farmers are very dependent
on the market structure of the palm oil commodity.
Market structure can be characterized by the level of
market control (market concentration) by a particular
company, the higher the level of market concentration
(the higher the market controlled by certain sellers or
buyers) then the more it is shaped to have an
imperfect competition market structure. Market
structure that can be measured by market
concentration can affect competition conditions and
price levels (Marwa, 2001; and Marwa, Bashir,
Adam, Azwardi, & Thamrin, 2017).
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Marwa, T., Abukosim, ., Mukhtaruddin, ., Bashir, A. and Thamrin, K.
Market Integration of Palm Oil in South Sumatera.
DOI: 10.5220/0008441004320438
In Proceedings of the 4th Sriwijaya Economics, Accounting, and Business Conference (SEABC 2018), pages 432-438
ISBN: 978-989-758-387-2
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