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06/10/2015 (Borneo Post) - The bilateral meeting between the governments of Indonesia and Malaysia on strengthening cooperation in the palm oil industry was held in Jakarta on Saturday, October 3 2015.

06/10/2015 (The Star) - The United States has praised the much-desired conclusion to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations, which will strengthen economic cooperation between the 12 participating countries.

06/10/2015 (Business Standard) - Prices of select edible oils edged higher at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today as demand from millers and vanaspati units picked up amid restricted supplies.

06/10/2015 (India Times) - In a fast changing dynamic environment the perils of commenting on future is fraught with danger and can be way off the mark. With Europe in turmoil, USA dithering in raising interest rates, China wobbling, Middle East in throes of worst political crisis and Africa going nowhere, the situation remains fluid. Further, with the world witnessing currency wars and competitive devaluations it is becoming something of a nightmare predicting exchange rates. In the midst of so much political and economic uncertainty all around us, we do not know what shape the world will finally take after this churning process is over.

05/10/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

05/10/2015 (Reuters) - Indonesia and Malaysia plan toset up an intergovernmental organisation of palm oil producers to ensure further industry cooperation between the world's top producers and prop up prices, ministers from both countries said.

05/10/2015 (ThaiVisa News) - Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has ordered an investigation to find out if a panel tasked with helping farmers has agreed in principle to let the Public Warehouse Organisation to purchase another lot of 100,000 tonnes of raw palm oil from oil extracting firms at an estimated 2.89 billion baht.

05/10/2015 (Borneo Post) - Tanjung Manis Integrated Port Sdn Bhd (TMP) has come a long way since its inception in 2009.

05/10/2015 (The Star) - The MPOB International Palm Oil Congress and Exhibition (PIPOC) is back from Oct 6 to 8.

05/10/2015 (Reuters) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

05/10/2015 (Hindu Business Line) - The Karnataka government wants to bring 2,000 hectares of additional area under oil palm cultivation during 2015-16, according to HS Shiva Kumar, Additional Director of Horticulture (Oil Palm Development Programme), Karnataka.

05/10/2015 (Business Standard) - In restricted activity, select edible oils registered a further rise in prices at the wholesale oil and oilseeds market during the week on sustained buying by vanaspati millers and retailers to meet festive and wedding season demand against tight supplies.