INTRA EU EXPORT PALM OIL THE NETHERLANDS
INTRA EU EXPORT PALM OIL GERMANY
Main Trade Flows
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Palm Oil
Palm Kernel Oil
PALM OIL EXPORT TO THE EU
PALM KERNEL OIL EXPORT TO THE EU
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PALM OIL BALANCE PALM KERNEL OIL BALANCE
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Total Import
Domestic Use
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PALM OIL AND PALM KERNEL OIL IN EUROPE
PALM OIL USE IN THE EU
1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
8,0007,0006,0005,0004,0003,0002,0001,000
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BioenergyapplicationsFood, feed
and other515
1,281
1,756
LegendReference year: 2014 Source: Oil World Annual 2015All volumes are in thousand metric tonnes European Palm Oil Import Intra European Palm Oil ExportEU: the European Union (28)
1,191
2,3784,141 3,220 UK
Spain
Italy
Germany3RD USER OFPALM OILTHE EU IS THE
IN THE WORLD
PALM OIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST FAVOURABLE OF
ALL VEGETABLE OILS IN
EUROPE
The Netherlands
Germany Italy The Netherlands Spain UK
EU PALM OIL AND PALM KERNEL OIL IMPORT
PALM OIL ANDPALM KERNEL OIL
IN EUROPEFacts and Figures on
Trade Flows and Sustainability
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIONPRINCIPLES OF THE ROUNDTABLE ON
SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL
COMMITMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE PALM OILCURRENT NATIONAL INITIATIVES OR
WHAT IS PALM OIL?
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?Indonesia Malaysia Thailand
WHY IS PALM OIL SO POPULAR?
THE MOST WIDELY USED VEGETABLE OILBROUGHT TO YOU BY:
© 2015
TOWARDS 100% SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL
IN EUROPE BY 2020
COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY - COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS & REGULATIONS - COMMITMENT TO LONG-TERM ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL VIABILITY - USE OF APPROPRIATE BEST PRACTICES BY GROWERS AND MILLERS - ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY - RESPONSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF
EMPLOYEES, AND OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY GROWERS AND MILLS - RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLANTINGS - COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN KEY AREAS OF ACTIVITY.
20% OF PALM OIL GLOBALLY IS CERTIFIED BY THE RSPO
• VERSATILITY• FUNCTIONAL BENEFITS• WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITY• EFFICIENT
COMING FROM PALM FRUIT
EACH FRUIT CONTAINS
30-35% OILPALM OIL IS THE MAIN
GLOBAL SOURCEOF NATURAL SOLID FAT
ALL OF THE WORLDS PALM FRUIT GROWS HERE
Other
World Production Palm Oil
in 1000 tonnes
World Production Palm Kernel Oilin 1000 tonnes
Matured Areain 1000 ha
59229 6521 16472
OIL PALMS ONLY USE 6% OF THE GLOBAL CULTIVATED
LAND DEDICATED TO VEGETABLE OIL PRODUCTION, WHILE IT IS
DELIVERING 32%OF THE TOTAL VEGETABLE OILS
VOLUME
50%unsaturated
fatty acids
50%saturated fatty acidsGROWING
IN BUNCHES ON PALM OIL
TREES
HOW IS IT USED?
FOOD FEED NON-FOOD BIOENERGYAPPLICATIONS
REGIONS AROUND THE EQUATOR
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