Only five plantation companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) managed to post higher revenue in the first quarter of 2016 (compared to the same quarter one year earlier). Of the 14 plantation companies listed on the IDX, four still need to publish their Q1-2016 corporate earnings (Golden Plantation, Sawit Sumbermas Sarana, Multi Agro Gemilang Plantation, and Tunas Baru Lampung). Sampoerna Agro was the company with the highest revenue growth among Indonesia's listed plantation companies in Q1-2016.

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Indonesia Investment updated the company profile of PT BW Plantation Tbk. BW Plantation is a mid-sized agricultural company that is engaged in Indonesia's palm oil sector. Its primary business activities are the development, cultivation and harvesting of fresh fruit bunches (FFB), and extraction of crude palm oil (CPO) as well as palm kernel (PK). The company is equipped with three CPO mills with a total processing capacity of 135 tons per hour. In 2014, a fourth and fifth processing plant are under construction.

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BW Plantation (BWPT), a mid-sized crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernels (PK) producer, felt the impact of weak global demand for commodities in 2012. The company's net profit in 2012 fell 18.17 percent to IDR 262.18 billion (US $26.89 million). Profit per share fell to IDR 64,83 from IDR 79,35 per share last year. The decline in profit was particularly caused by an increase in operating expenses from IDR 131.05 billion (US $13.44 million) to IDR 153.87 billion (US $15.78 million).

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