The Kiribati Coconut Development Ltd (KCDL) is 100% government owned that was established in late 2015 through the merger of the Kiribati Copra Mill Company Ltd (KCMCL) and the Kiribati Copra Cooperative Society (KCCS) to improve in the efficiency of the sector through streamlining of processes, processing, management, monitoring and marketing of copra and coconut-based products and their supply chain.
KCDL is expected to contribute to the Government’s national priority objective to promote its overarching goals of equitable distribution of prosperity and for which it has made appropriate policy commitments to boost coconut industry and thus the income of the farmers.
The Company’s main products include crude coconut oil -largely for the international market with 5% for domestic markets- and copra meal “Pig feed” as a by-product for the local market. The company is also geared up for other coconut-based products including VCO, soap products, perfumed body oil, poultry feed etc. for the domestic markets.
The Company is the only one government owned coconut factory in the country and currently operating business through production of coconut-based products for areas as listed below:
- Crude Coconut Oil Millplant
- Refined Coconut Oil Plant
- Soap ProcessingPlant
- Virgin coconut Oil plant
- Poultry feed plant