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06/10/2016 (Hindu Business Line) - Imported Palm and soya oil kept edible oils market bearish here on Wednesday.

06/10/2016 (Hindu Business Line) - “The price of the coconut oil which was sold at Rs. 1350 to Rs. 1360 for a quantity of fifteen kilogram loose pack at Kangeyam and Uthukuli were decreased on Wednesday and was sold at Rs. 1305 to Rs. 1320 for fifteen kilogram loose pack.

06/10/2016 (Hindu Business Line) - K.C. Venugopal, MP, has urged Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh to enhance the tariff rates for the import of palm oil, both crude and refined, so as to protect the interest of coconut growers.

06/10/2016 (New Straits Times) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is generally considered the “gold standard” in palm oil certification.

05/10/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

05/10/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:

05/10/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Tuesday due to a stronger ringgit, while Chinese investors stayed on the sidelines during the National Day holidays.

05/10/2016 (Hindu Business line) - The Solvent Extractors’ Association, which represents the edible oils industry, has urged the Centre to declare palm a plantation crop and exempt the 1 million hectares of land identified for palm cultivation, from the Land Ceiling Act.

05/10/2016 (Reuters) - India, the world's biggest importer of edible oils, will develop its own sustainability framework for palm oil production considering the domestic ecology, a leading trade body said on Tuesday.

05/10/2016 (UkrAgroConsult) - Ukraine, as well as the whole world, has faces unprecedented economic challenges. Unfortunately, the global economy still feels the effect of 2008 economic crisis, which means new challenges, both for domestic agricultural sector, and for oil and fat business in particular.

05/10/2016 (Hindu Business Line) - The Solvent Extractors’ Association has urged the Government to announce palm cultivation as plantation crop and exempt the one million hectares of identified land for palm cultivation from the Land Ceiling Act.

05/10/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil company Sime Darby Bhd launched a share placing on Tuesday worth up to 2.36 billion ringgit ($572 million) in what could be the country's biggest equity capital market deal so far this year.