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09/01/2025 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures extended losses for a second straight session on Thursday as sluggish demand pressured prices.

10/01/2025 (The Star), Petaling Jaya - The price of crude palm oil (CPO) is likely to stay high through the first quarter of 2025 (1Q25), driven by seasonally weak production, increased biodiesel mandates in Indonesia, and higher restocking activity ahead of Ramadan.

09/01/2025 (Business Times), Kuala Lumpur - THE Ministry of Plantation and Commodities aims to strengthen bilateral ties between Malaysia and Pakistan, particularly in the palm oil industry.

08/01/2025 (Reuters), Jakarta - Indonesia has clamped down on exports of used cooking oil (UCO) and palm oil residue to ensure supply to domestic cooking oil and biodiesel industries, the government said in a new regulation on Wednesday.

08/01/2025 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures settled lower on Wednesday, weighed down by export demand concerns and uncertainty over Indonesia's biodiesel mandate.

08/01/2025 (Oils & Fats International) - Demand for palm oil in the European Union (EU) continues to decline partly due to EU regulations requiring proof of deforestation-free supply chains, according to EU Commission import figures reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP).

08/01/2025 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur – The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract pn Bursa Malaysia Derivates closed lower on Wednesday, as market sentiment and fundamentals remained uncertain, said Fastmarkets Palm Oil Analytics senior analyst Sathia Varqa.

09/01/2025 (The Daily Star) - Edible oil prices have been rising over the past week in the local market, as grocers say they are not getting enough supplies from the cooking oil companies.

08/01/2025 (Associated Press of Pakistan), Faisalabad - The agriculture experts said that sunflower could help in trimming down import bill of edible oil if cultivation of this commodity was promoted massively in the country.

07/01/2025 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - The government aims to boost fresh fruit bunch (FFB) yields per hectare from palm oil smallholders by a minimum of 40 per cent, to help increase palm oil production without land expansion.

07/01/2025 (Berita RTM), Kuching - Sarawak will simplify the process of hiring oil palm plantation workers from Indonesia.

07/01/2025 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures were little changed after trading in a tight range on Tuesday, as weaker soyoil prices and muted export demand pressured the market.