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There will not be any more expansion of palm oil plantations in Sarawak, according to Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok on Thursday

For many allies of the United States, the flaws in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China – which is on hold for 90 days following the Xi-Trump meeting in Argentina – lay in the approach, not the motivation. Indeed, Europe and Japan share many of Trump’s grievances

KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday Dec 6.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday due to expectations of rising inventories in Malaysia and a change in Indonesia's export levy rules.

PETALING JAYA: The move by Indonesia to lower the levy imposed on its palm oil exports could help narrow the country’s CPO price discount to Malaysia, which has expanded to US$100 (RM420) per tonne in the third quarter.

The world’s biggest palm oil producing nations, Indonesia and Malaysia, have both reportedly attempted to persuade the British government to take action after supermarket chain Iceland announced it was cutting palm oil from its own brand products.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 5): Malaysia's palm oil stocks at end-November are likely to touch the 3-million-tonne mark, their highest in recent years, as the drop in exports outweighed leaner production, according to a Reuters survey.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell more than 1 per cent on Wednesday due to expectations of rising inventories in Malaysia and a change in Indonesia’s export levy rules.

KUCHING: The Sarawak government will contribute to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Research Fund as part of efforts to tackle negative campaigns against Sarawak’s oil palm.

CHIVILCOY, Argentina -Alejandro Carafi takes long steps through his field of swaying wheat as he explains how he’ll cut it all down in the next week to make room for soybeans, what some in this farming community have dubbed “oro verde” “green gold.”

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures reversed earlier losses to gain at the end of the trading day, supported by a correction and on strength in crude oil prices.

KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.