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Indonesia's palm oil ban threatens further global food inflation

World's biggest producer suspends supply for foreign markets

Indonesian palm oil farmers could compensate for Jokowi's export ban by trimming production. A palm oil plantation in Aceh Province, Indonesia.   © AP
NANA SHIBATA, ISMI DAMAYANTI and KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writers | Indonesia

TOKYO/JAKARTA/NEW DELHI -- Indonesia's ban on palm oil exports -- a bid to stem rising domestic prices -- threatens to further inflate food prices around the world.

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