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26/10/2015 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged lower on Friday to 2,326, due to a stronger ringgit and dwindling demand.

26/10/2015 (The Nation) - The TPP would eliminate or reduce tariffs on Canadian products like pork, canola oil, and wheat in Pacific Rim countries such as Japan and Vietnam.

26/10/2015 (GhanaWeb) - Dozens of drums of local palm oil adulterated with cancer-causing chemicals have been seized in Accra by the authorities of the Food and Drugs Authority.

26/10/2015 (Bernama) - Rabobank forecasts that global demand for palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) will double in five years, growing to 11 million tonnes by 2020 from 5.3 million tonnes in 2014.

26/10/2015 (Livemint) - Godrej Consumer Products Ltd’s results give a mixed picture on the sales growth front, but all is well on the profitability front. Domestic sales growth was pulled down by its soaps business, whereas unfavourable currency movements hurt its international business sales growth when converted to rupees. But falling input prices were the highlight of its performance, a standard feature of most consumer company performances.

26/10/2015 (AmeriPublications) - The TPP would eliminate or reduce tariffs on Canadian products like pork, canola oil, and wheat in Pacific Rim countries such as Japan and Vietnam.

26/10/2015 (The Nation) - The European Union (EU) has given Nigeria up to June next year to get her acts together and imporve the standards of agricultural produce exported overseas. This is sequel to the EU Food Quality Agency’s ban of six food items produced in the country. The ban covers items such as beans, sesame seed, melon seeds, palm oil, bush meat and dried fish.

26/10/2015 (GIVnews.com) – All airline companies operating in Indonesia will be obliged to use aviation biofuel for their aircraft instead of avtur from 2018 onwards, which aims to help reduce air pollution, Minister of Transportation Ignasius Jonan said in Washington last Friday (23/10).

23/10/2015 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Friday October 23

23/10/2015 (Solomon Star) - West New Britain’s small oil palm growers are feeling the effects of the long dry spell in low fruit harvests and a slump in market price for palm oil.

23/10/2015 (Daily Times) - At the product launching ceremony of Altin Cooking Oil, Malaysia’s palm oil product, Consul General of Malaysia Ismail Mohamad Bkri on Thursday said that the consulate would continue to support and facilitate efforts to expand the presence of Malaysian products in Pakistan.

23/10/2025 (Reuters) - Sipef NV : * Q3 palm oil production up 15.99 percent at 78,413 tonnes