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25/05/2015 (Bernama) - The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry will propose to the Sarawak government to allow at least six palm oil mills to be built to cater to the needs of the industry in the state.

25/05/2015 (Jakarta Post) - The results of a study commissioned by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Support Unit (APEC PSU) have supported Indonesia’s proposal to push forward the trade of development products among countries in the Asia-Pacific, a minister has said.

25/05/2015 (Borneo Post) - The setting up of palm oil cooperative here is a way forward to help small-time oil palm planters in rural areas get fair prices for their fresh fruit bunches (FFBs).

25/05/2015 (Borneo Post) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has received 300 complaints of theft from oil palm planters with 13 people caught, 24 planters given show-cause letters and eight vehicles confiscated.

25/05/2015 (Borneo Post) - Ninety-five smallholders in Kampung Sg Alit here have received federal subsidies totalling over RM1 million for planting oil palm.

25/05/2015 (Bernama) - Some 23,000 smallholders in Sarawak are licensed to sell oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) as of April this year, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.

25/05/2015 (Jakarta Post) - President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has assured he will extend the country’s forestry moratorium as proof of his commitment to protect nature. This implies that there will be no new permits to convert primary forests and peatlands within the moratorium areas for the next two years. However, does it mean anything?

25/05/2015 (Reuters) - A regulation that will force exporters in Indonesia to pay a levy of $50 per tonne on shipments of crude palm oil has been delayed, the finance minister in the world's top producer of the edible oil said on Sunday

25/05/2015 (Business Standard) - In restricted activity, cottonseed oil prices were down by Rs 50 per quintal at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today in the absence of buying support against adequate stocks position.

22/05/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Thursday, recovering from the morning session and snapping four straight days of losses as weak prices attracted buying interest for the tropical oil.

22/05/2015 (Reuters) - Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

22/05/2015 (Bloomberg) - The Brazilian city of Altamira used to be in the middle of Amazon forest. Not anymore, not after decades of deforestation.