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West Africa is the home of the oil palm, and doesn't need to go full Borneo to produce adequate amounts of fat for saponification.
by samatman 5y ago
West Africa is the home of the oil palm, and doesn't need to go full Borneo to produce adequate amounts of fat for saponification.
- Scoundreller 5y agoMaybe the home, but that doesn't mean productive. They're not producing enough to export, and seem to even be net importing it: https://oec.world/en/profile/hs92/palm-oil https://oec.world/en/profile/hs92/palm-oil But maybe not being well represented here indicates a healthy domestic market. (and this data can be suspect: Netherlands aren't growing any, but might do some processing of some kind or re-export) https://www.indexmundi.com/agriculture/?commodity=palm-oil https://www.indexmundi.com/agriculture/?commodity=palm-oil shows 84% of production being from Indonesia and Malaysia.