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22/12/2016 (The Star) - Indonesian palm oil exports probably rose to the highest level in 13 months in November as some buyers replenished stockpiles.

22/12/2016 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries Ltd, owner of the world's biggest refining complex, shipped in about 5.6 percent less oil in November compared with a year earlier as some units were shut for maintenance, according to tanker arrival data from trade sources and ship-tracking services on the Thomson Reuters terminal.

22/12/2016 (Bernama) - The Cabinet has given the go-ahead for Malaysia to pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with Iran as part of efforts to diversify trade.

22/12/2016 (Bernama) - Malaysia and Pakistan, currently negotiating a further reduction of duties on existing and additional tariff lines under a free trade agreement (FTA), are expected to finalise it in the first quarter next year.

21/12/2016 (WorldStage) - Presco Oil Plc, an agriculture company quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced plans to divest from oil palm cultivation and expand rubber plantation by 2018.

21/12/2016 (APP) - Three ships C.V Al-Rawadah, M.V An African and M.T Al-Rekayyat scheduled to load/offload containers, cement and LNG were allotted berths at Qasim International Container Terminal, Multi Purpose Terminal and Engro Elengy Terminal respectively on Monday.

21/12/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

21/12/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT:

21/12/2016 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices fell by 0.99 per cent to Rs 556.90 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators booked profits at prevailing levels amid falling demand in the spot market.

21/12/2016 (Reuters) - Indian soyoil futures fell on Tuesday, tracking losses in Malaysian palm and other rival oils overseas.

21/12/2016 (Reuters) - Palm oil and pulp wood companies are responsible for more than half of the rapid deforestation in the Malaysian part of Borneo island, an environmental scientist said in an interview.

21/12/2016 (Reuters) - Speculators are more optimistic about the Chicago soy complex for this time of year than they have been since the commodity rally of 2007, but the soybean-driven position does not completely jibe with supply and demand fundamentals.