North Sumatra's Palm Oil Production Reached 7 Million Tons in 2020

North Sumatra is one of the leading plantation provinces in Indonesia. Plantations in North Sumatra have been established since the Dutch colonial era. Some of North Sumatra's leading plantation commodities include rubber, palm oil, coffee, coconut, cocoa, tobacco, and sugarcane.

In 2020, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) recorded the largest area of people's palm oil plantations in North Sumatra, namely 440,000 hectares with a production output reaching 7 million tons. Asahan Regency is the center of palm oil plantations with 77,140 hectares of land and production of 1.62 million tons.

Next, the area of people's rubber plantations was recorded at 369,390 hectares with a production output reaching 310,020 tons in 2020. The center of rubber production in North Sumatra is located in Nias Regency, which has an area of 4,900 hectares and a production of 52,400 tons.

Meanwhile, the area of people's coconut plantations was 110,460 hectares with a production output in 2020 of 99,500 tons. Asahan Regency is the center of coconut production with an area of 22,100 hectares and production of 22,900 tons.

A total of 2,203 tons of North Sumatra's plantation commodities were exported to various countries in 2020. The value of these exports amounted to Rp 53.8 billion. There was an addition of ten plantation export commodities and seven new export destination countries in 2020.

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