TABLE 8.6 Palm oil: Intra-<strong>ASEAN</strong> <strong>in</strong>vestment, select activities, 2004–09 Year Investor country Investor company Target country Target company Nature of <strong>in</strong>vestment Value (est. million $) 2009 Malaysia IOI Corp. Indonesia (a) Plantation services 48.8 2009 S<strong>in</strong>gapore Abaca Enterprise Indonesia Teguh Swakarsa Plantation operat<strong>in</strong>g 4.3 PTE Sejahtera services 2009 Malaysia Kwantas Corp. Indonesia K<strong>in</strong>abalu Invesdag Plantation operat<strong>in</strong>g 2.4 Indonesia services 2009 Malaysia Dynasive Enterprise Indonesia Prima Alumga Planter 0.1 SDN 2008 S<strong>in</strong>gapore Pacific Agriculture Indonesia PT Tunas Sejati Plantation operat<strong>in</strong>g
plantations <strong>in</strong> the prime grow<strong>in</strong>g areas (Indonesia) facilitat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dustrial <strong>in</strong>tegration. 61 This is particularly important for S<strong>in</strong>gapore, which has almost no domestic palm oil <strong>in</strong>dustry other than ref<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and process<strong>in</strong>g facilities. 62 On the other hand, Malaysia has a more <strong>in</strong>tegrated palm oil <strong>in</strong>dustry <strong>in</strong>frastructure than Indonesia but less land for possible production expansions because Indonesia has a land mass five times that of Malaysia (and has a larger labor pool). The majority of the available land <strong>in</strong> Malaysia has already been either converted to palm oil production or protected as conservation areas. 63 Among <strong>ASEAN</strong> countries, Indonesia and Malaysia have more liberal <strong>in</strong>vestment rules for foreign capital <strong>in</strong> the agricultural sector. They have encouraged <strong>in</strong>vestment from <strong>ASEAN</strong> (Malaysia, S<strong>in</strong>gapore) and non-<strong>ASEAN</strong> (Ch<strong>in</strong>a, Japan, Korea) countries. 64 Indonesian law permits foreign ownership of companies up to 95 percent, which is beneficial for foreign <strong>in</strong>vestors unless they encounter difficulties f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g Indonesian partners for the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g 5 percent stake, which has occurred. 65 Malaysian law allows complete foreign ownership of companies with export-oriented production, but has restrictions on foreign ownership of land, which can h<strong>in</strong>der foreign <strong>in</strong>vestments and <strong>in</strong>dustry improvement. 66 Most <strong>ASEAN</strong> countries, though, significantly restrict the <strong>in</strong>vestment of foreign capital <strong>in</strong> agriculture. Restrictions range from bans on foreign ownership of land (such as palm oil plantations) to requirements for majority local ownership of manufactur<strong>in</strong>g facilities (such as palm oil ref<strong>in</strong>eries). The tabulation below reflects the general restrictions on land and facilities <strong>in</strong>vestment by <strong>ASEAN</strong> countries: 61 <strong>USITC</strong>, hear<strong>in</strong>g transcript, February 3, 2010, 37–38 (testimony of Rosidah Radzian, Embassy of Malaysia); <strong>in</strong>dustry representatives, <strong>in</strong>terview by <strong>USITC</strong> staff, Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2, 2010; Sime Darby Plantation, “South East Asia,” 2008; <strong>in</strong>dustry representatives, <strong>in</strong>terview by <strong>USITC</strong> staff, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 12, 2010. 62 Industry representatives, <strong>in</strong>terview by <strong>USITC</strong> staff, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 12, 2010. 63 <strong>USITC</strong>, hear<strong>in</strong>g transcript, February 3, 2010, 13, 34–35 (testimony of Rosidah Radzian, Embassy of Malaysia); Malaysian Palm Oil Council, “Oil Palm: Tree of Life,” 2006, 10; <strong>in</strong>dustry representatives, <strong>in</strong>terview by <strong>USITC</strong> staff, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 12, 2010; BACP, “Market Transformation Strategy for Palm Oil,” May 1, 2008, 13. The cross-border <strong>in</strong>vestment figures <strong>in</strong> the table above do not reflect Indonesian domestic <strong>in</strong>vestment on palm oil projects, which would be expected to be much greater <strong>in</strong> monetary terms than its <strong>in</strong>vestment throughout <strong>ASEAN</strong>. Investment facilitation <strong>in</strong> certa<strong>in</strong> <strong>ASEAN</strong> countries’ palm oil <strong>in</strong>dustries can occur at a very local level, as evidenced by 2009 requests made to the Small & Medium Enterprises Development Cluster of the East <strong>ASEAN</strong> Growth Area (EAGA), a subregional economic cooperation <strong>in</strong>itiative, by a Philipp<strong>in</strong>es economic development council. Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philipp<strong>in</strong>es East <strong>ASEAN</strong> Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), “Report of the 9th Small & Medium Enterprises Development (SMED) Cluster Meet<strong>in</strong>g,” 2009, 7. See BIMP-EAGA, http://www.bimpbc.org. 64 Industry representatives, <strong>in</strong>terview by <strong>USITC</strong> staff, Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2, 2010; <strong>in</strong>dustry representative, <strong>in</strong>terview by <strong>USITC</strong> staff, S<strong>in</strong>gapore, March 5, 2010. 65 Industry representative, <strong>in</strong>terview by <strong>USITC</strong> staff, Wash<strong>in</strong>gton, D.C., February 18, 2010. 66 One <strong>in</strong>dustry representative <strong>in</strong>dicated that the Malaysian government recently opened a new sector for foreign <strong>in</strong>vestment but capped foreign ownership at 49 percent. Industry representative, <strong>in</strong>terview by <strong>USITC</strong> staff, S<strong>in</strong>gapore, March 5, 2010. 8-15
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