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07/01/2016 (Business in Cameroon) - On 28 December 2015, the Cameroonian minister of Finance, Alamine Ousmane Mey, gave a positive feedback to a request from the minister of Trade initiated and motivated by the Regulatory Committee of the Oleaginous sector, in order to authorise the import, under preferential conditions, of palm oil and its derivatives in Cameroon in 2016.

07/01/2016 (Business Standard) - Prices of soyabean and crude palm oil declined by Rs 50 per quintal at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today owing to slackened demand from retailers.

07/01/2016 (Ghana Broadcasting Corporation) - A section of palm oil sellers in some markets in Accra, are contemplating stopping business due to low patronage of the commodity.

06/01/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

06/01/2016 (Reuters) - Palm oil on the European vegetable oils market eased on Monday, the first trading day in 2016, on worries over the economy of top buyer China, which could slow demand. "The market was slow overall as players have to start up again following the holiday season and took today mostly for reorientation," one broker said.

06/01/2016 (Jakarta Post) - Palm oil producers are upbeat that this year will bring more luck as crude palm oil (CPO) production is expected to grow slightly and prices are forecast to pick up.

06/01/2016 (Livemint) - Crude palm oil futures traded higher on MCX on pickup in demand in the spot market. However, adequate stocks position following higher supplies from the producing belts, capped some gains.

06/01/2016 (Daily Express) - Malaysia has been exporting less refined palm oil in recent years, resulting in a loss of global market share in palm oil exports. This situation would continue to worsen as long as the current bad investment climate was not rectified, said KL Palm Services managing director Ling Chen Eng.

05/01/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Monday Dec 5.

05/01/2016 (Reuters) - Monday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

05/01/2016 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended sharply lower on Monday, on concerns over falling demand. Hopes of demand from China for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday seems to be fading and resulted in loss of confidence.

05/01/2016 (Borneo Post) - The group has given its commitment to comply with Wilmar’s Integrated Policy, outlined research firm AmResearch Sdn Bhd (AmResearch).