REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesia's delegation actively promoted palm oil to Swiss businesses at the Indonesia Business Forum on Sustainable Palm Oil in Global Market in Zurich on September 28, Indonesian Embassy in Bern informed Antara here, Friday.

The delegation comprised representatives from the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC), Indonesian Association of Biofuel Producers (APROBI), Indonesian Vegetable Oil Industry Association, Indonesian Association of Petroleum Industry (AIMMI), and Indonesian Palm Oil Entrepreneurs Association.

The Indonesian delegation highlighted the advantages of using palm oil as well as tendered clarifications on negative reviews on the commodity in the presence of some 50 prominent members of the Swiss Asian Chamber of Commerce (SACC), such as Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Nutriswiss AG, and the Association of Swiss Chocolate Manufacturers.

"Palm oil is a blessing from God for tropical countries, as it grows only some 10 degrees north or south of the equator," Executive Director of CPOPC Mahendra Siregar pointed out.