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18-08-2017
Improved Global Cues Lift Soya
18/08/2017 (Hindu Business Line) - Improved global cues and buying support lifted soy oil prices in Indore mandis with soy refined today being quoted at ₹640 for 10 kg, while soy solvent rose to ₹610-14 (₹597-600 last week). Palm and cotton oil traded higher with palm oil quoted at ₹600, while cotton oil ruled at ₹625. Groundnut oil ruled flat at ₹800 amid subdued demand.
18-08-2017
Consumer Demand, Tariff Cuts To Boost Malaysia-India Trade
18/08/2017 (Bernama) - India's growing consumer market and tariff reductions will create a stronger demand for Malaysian exports, with bilateral trade having registered a multi-fold rise in the last 15 years.
18-08-2017
Media Statement YB Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong Minister Of Plantation Industries And Commodities
18/08/2017 (Bernama) -- Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, YB Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong convened a special dialogue session with captains from oil palm industry to seek their combined opinions on measures to further boost exports of Malaysian Palm Oil (MPO).
18-08-2017
Indonesian Govt Mulls Shared Community Learning Centres
18/08/2017 (Borneo Post) - The Indonesian government is looking into ways for oil palm plantation owners in Sarawak to work together to set up community learning centres (CLCs).
17-08-2017
Malaysian palm oil/Vegoils: Market factors to watch Thursday Aug 17
KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday Aug 17.
17-08-2017
Domestic manufacturers ask government to allow use of palm oil in biofuels mix
The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) is calling on the government to amend the Biofuels Act to allow the use of palm oil as an additive and not just coconut oil as currently mandated by the law.
17-08-2017
Agri-commodity: Crude palm oil, chana, refined soya oil fall on muted demand
Crude palm oil prices drifted lower by 0.66 per cent to Rs 494.70 per 10 kg in futures trade today as traders booked profits amid easing demand at the spot market.
17-08-2017
Malaysian palm oil price falls for third straight day, tracking weak soyoil
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell for a third straight day on Wednesday, tracking losses in soyoil overnight on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).
17-08-2017
Mah urges palm oil players to help boost exports to Asia Pacific nations
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Oil palm imports by Asia Pacific countries is expected to grow by 350,000 tonnes in 2017, leading up to an additional 692,000 tonnes in 2020, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong.
17-08-2017
100% certified sustainable palm oil exports by 2019, say industry captains
PUTRAJAYA: Captains of the Malaysian palm oil industry are committed to having all their palm oil exports MSPO-certified by end-2019.
16-08-2017
VEGOILS-Market Factors to Watch August 16
16/08/2017 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.
16-08-2017
Rotterdam Vegetable Oil Prices
16/08/2017 (Reuters) - The following were Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT: