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Palm oil may retest a support at 2,448 ringgit per tonne, a break below which could cause a loss to the next support at 2,418 ringgit.

India’s raised import duties on crude and refined palm oil is expected to cause a short-term negative impact but a long-term neutral impact to crude palm oil (CPO) prices.

Malaysia’s total trade in January 2018 surged by 14.9 per cent to RM156.01 billion compared with the corresponding month of last year, said the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).

The government will decide whether to resume the 20 percent biodiesel blend (B20) policy for the locomotive sector by the end of June, when it expects to complete a fuel performance test in Sumatra.

Malaysian palm oil stocks are expected to fall to a four-month low at the end of February as production declines outweighed a drop in exports, according to a Reuters poll.

A push by palm oil producers to cultivate new markets in Southeast Asia and the Middle East is unlikely to move the dial on exports this year, traders and analysts say, as customers favour cheaper rival oils while holding out for palm price cuts.

We welcome the announcement on 1st March of substantially increasing the import duties on Crude Palm Oil from 30% to 44% as well as Refined Palm olein & Refined Palm Oil from 40% to 54%, stated The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA).

New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) Edible oil industry body SEA today hailed increase in import duty on crude and refined palm oils but sought hike in custom duties on soybean and sunflower oils as well to protect farmers interest.

Bearded pigs or wild boars in Sabah’s Lower Kinabatangan area seem to have successfully adapted to oil palm plantations but there is still a need for them to live within forests.

Malaysia's trade exports in January surged 17.9% from the previous year to RM82.86, underpinned by growth in all major sectors and increased trade with its major trading partners.

Palm oil may break a support at 2,464 ringgit per tonne and fall more to the next support at 2,439 ringgit, driven by a fierce wave C.

Malaysia’s free trade agreement talks with the European Union (EU) must address trade barriers that discriminate palm oil because this is a priority, said Plantation Industry and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong.