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28/11/2016 (Jakarta Globe) - As policy makers, industry players, and experts gather in Nusa Dua, Bali, for the world’s largest palm oil conference, palm biodiesel has been cited as a promising commodity for Indonesia for the upcoming years.

28/11/2016 (Reuters) - Output of crude palm oil in world No.1 producer Indonesia could increase by up to 16 percent to between 32 million and 33 million tonnes next year, an industry group said on Friday.

28/11/2016 (Radio New Zealand) - The Australia New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation met in Brisbane today to discuss mandatory palm oil labelling.

28/11/2016 (Jakarta Globe) - The Indonesian Palm Oil Association has implored an improvement in spatial planning to tackle social issues faced by the industry, particularly land use.

28/11/2016 (Reuters) - Prices for crude palm oil will drop nearly 30 percent by the third quarter of 2017 as global production recovers from the effects of last year's El Nino weather pattern, leading industry analyst James Fry said on Friday.

28/11/2016 (Reuters) - Lower output of palm oil into early next year and tight supplies of rival soybean oil are likely to bolster prices for the tropical product in the short term after they hit a four-year high this week.

28/11/2016 (Business Standard) - Edible oil imports are expected to slow down, with domestic consumption and offtake taking a huge hit following demonetisation.

28/11/2016 (Reuters) - Lower output of palm oil and tight supplies of rival soybean oil are likely to give a short-term boost to the tropical product which hit four-year highs this week, before an expected reversal late next year as production recovers.

28/11/2016 (Jakarta Globe) - As the 12th Indonesian Palm Oil Conference, or IPOC, inaugurated in Nusa Dua, Bali on Thursday (24/11), Indonesian Palm Oil Association, known as GAPKI, chairman urged industry players to prepare for a better outlook next year.

25/11/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

25/11/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT:

25/11/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose nearly 5 percent on Thursday to a four-year high, tracking a rally in soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) on latest U.S. government biodiesel requirements.