Wilmar International Limited

Palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) →

Palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) →

Palm Kernel / Coconut Fatty Alcohols →

Vegetable Oil Blend (Palm Olein, Soy, Coconut, Sunflower) →

Palm Kernel / Coconut Fatty Alcohols →

Palm Kernel / Coconut Fatty Alcohols →

Soy Lecithin (Food Grade Emulsifier) →

Sunflower seeds →

Riau, Sumatra · port

Dumai Port (Riau, East Sumatra coast) is Indonesia's largest crude palm oil (CPO) export terminal — handling approximately 5-7 million tonnes of CPO per year, or approximately 20-25% of Indonesia's total CPO export volume. Dumai sits at the narrowest point of the Malacca Strait — the world's busiest oil shipping lane — allowing tankers of up to 100,000 DWT to load CPO for direct shipment to China, India, and Europe. Multiple Wilmar and Golden Agri-Resources refinery and bulking facilities are co-located at Dumai Industrial Zone. A disruption to Dumai port (storm, fire, structural failure, dock strike) would create an immediate bottleneck for Indonesian CPO exports. The Malacca Strait is itself a geopolitical chokepoint: approximately 90,000 vessel transits per year including almost all Indonesian palm oil exports to Asia. Source: GAPKI Indonesian Palm Oil Industry Report 2023; Straits Times shipping data.

Sumatra (Riau, North Sumatra, South Sumatra) · region

Sumatra is Indonesia's oldest and most established palm oil producing island, with approximately 8.1 million hectares of planted oil palm. Riau Province (east-central Sumatra) is the single largest palm oil producing province in Indonesia with approximately 3.5 million hectares — contributing approximately 23% of Indonesia's total CPO production. North Sumatra is the historic heart of plantation agriculture in Indonesia with colonial-era estates dating to early 20th century. South Sumatra contains significant peatland areas cleared for oil palm — a primary source of the catastrophic 2015 Sumatra/Kalimantan fires. Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), Wilmar, and state plantation company PTPN (Perkebunan Nusantara) are major operators. Sumatra FFB output is processed at approximately 700+ registered mills and transported primarily via road and river to port cities (Dumai, Belawan) for CPO export. Source: GAPKI Indonesian Palm Oil Industry Report 2023; MPOB Annual Statistics 2023.

Multiple provinces, China · chemical_plant

Wilmar International operates Asia's largest agribusiness with massive soybean crushing capacity in China (primarily using imported Brazilian and US beans). Produces lecithin for domestic Chinese food industry and export to Asia-Pacific markets. Planning additional soybean crushing capacity expansion in China.

Riau, Sumatra · refinery

One of the world largest single-site palm oil refinery complexes in Dumai, Riau province; produces RBD palm oil, olein, stearin, and oleochemicals.

Pahang · refinery

One of Wilmar major Malaysian palm oil refining complexes; produces RBD palm oil and olein for export to China and India.

Johor · chemical-plant

Wilmar International's oleochemical operations in Johor, Malaysia (Tanjung Langsat Port Industrial Area and related facilities near Pasir Gudang) produce fatty acids, fatty alcohols, glycerol, and biodiesel from palm kernel oil and palm oil feedstocks. Wilmar's Malaysian oleochemical segment is a major global supplier of C12/C14 fatty acids to surfactant producers, soap manufacturers, and personal care ingredient companies. The Tanjung Langsat industrial area is a dedicated chemical and petrochemical zone with dedicated port berths for liquid bulk cargo — optimized for oleochemical export. Wilmar also operates oleochemical production in Indonesia (Sumatra) and China. Source: https://www.wilmar-international.com/manufacturing/oleochemicals

Jurong Island, Singapore · refinery

Wilmar International's Singapore refinery and oleochemical complex on Jurong Island is the operational nerve center of the world's largest palm oil trading and processing network. Wilmar's Jurong Island facilities include crude palm oil refining, oleochemical manufacturing, biodiesel production, and specialty fats fractionation. Jurong Island is Singapore's petrochemical and chemical manufacturing hub — a 32km2 artificial island created by joining 7 smaller islands. Wilmar's Singapore headquarters coordinates CPO purchases from Indonesian and Malaysian mills, futures hedging on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives (BMD), and cargo scheduling for 500+ global manufacturing plants. Singapore's strategic location at the Malacca Strait exit gives Wilmar global logistics efficiency. A disruption to Wilmar's Jurong operations — given it processes ~45% of global palm oil — would have immediate global impact on palm oil refined product supply. Source: Wilmar International Annual Report 2023.