JAKARTA, May 21 (Reuters): Long lines of trucks trying to unload palm fruit formed outside Indonesian processing mills this week, illustrating the growing cost of a palm oil export ban by the world's biggest producer.
The trucks were stuck for days as storage space for palm oil neared capacity and, with local crop prices slumping by 70%, farmers took to the streets to demand a policy change.
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