Indonesia May palm, palm kernel oil exports rise 49 pct y/y -assoc

JAKARTA, July 17 (Reuters) - Indonesia's palm and palm

kernel oil exports rose 49 percent in May from the same month a

year earlier, the Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) said in a

statement on Monday.

Indonesia exported 2.62 million tonnes of palm and palm

kernel oils in May, up from 1.76 million tonnes in May 2016.

Shipments were up 2 percent compared with April.

Indonesia's palm oil stocks at the end of May were at

621,000 tonnes, the association said, down from 888,000 tonnes

in April.

Following is a table of Indonesia's palm exports for

2017/2016:

Month Palm & M/M pct

kernel oils change

(mln tonnes)

2017

May 2.62 2

April 2.57 4

March 2.47 -2

February 2.53 -7

January 2.72 1.5

2016

December 2.68 -5.6

November 2.84 17.8

October 2.41 39

September 1.73 -16

August 2.07 29

July 1.6 -10

June 1.78 1

May 1.76 -16

April 2.09 20

March 1.74 -24

February 2.29 9

January 2.1 -16

2016 TOTAL 25.09

2015 TOTAL 26.41

2014 TOTAL 21.76

2013 TOTAL 21.21

2012 TOTAL 11.54

(Reporting by Bernadette Christina Munthe; Editing by Amrutha

Gayathri)