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29/04/2015 (Reuters) - Indian oilseeds and soyoil futures fell on Tuesday on profit-taking, while weak cues from Malaysian palm oil futures also weighed on sentiment.

29/04/2015 (Borneo Post) - The worst may be over for palm oil prices, said the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) in its Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) Annual Report 2014 released yesterday.

29/04/2015 (Bernama) - Exports of Malaysian palm oil and related products to South Korea is expected to show positive growth this year based on the growing trend in oils and fats consumption in the country.

29/04/2015 (Jakarta Post) - Publicly listed plantation firm PT Dharma Satya Nusantara has secured a loan facility worth Rp 806.1 billion (US$62.2 million) with Bank Central Asia (BCA) to finance its business expansion this year.

29/04/2015 (Jakarta Post) - Millions of more hectares of forest across the country are likely to be destroyed in the near future despite a decline in the deforestation rate over the past decade, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

29/04/2015 (THISDAY Live) - Presco Oil Palm plc has announced plans to expand its investment in oil palm production, injecting millions of dollars into state-of-the-art vegetable refineries and oil mills. By this development, the company is boosting Nigeria's local vegetable oil output and moving the nation towards self-sufficiency in production of the essential commodity.

29/04/2015 (Borneo Post) - The 13th edition of the town’s signature event has been rebranded as the Pineapple and Borneo Fruits Festival.

29/04/2015 (Reuters) - Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

28/04/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

28/04/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell to their lowest in nearly two weeks on Monday, stretching losses into a fourth day as a modest pick-up in export demand was offset by strength in the ringgit and lingering concerns over rising yields.

28/04/2015 (Bernama) - Malaysian palm oil continues to be the main source of import for South Korea, with 374,000 tonnes of the commodity imported last year, said Minister of Plantation, Industries and Commodities, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.

28/04/2015 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended lower on Monday to their lowest in nearly two weeks on Monday, mainly pressured by the ringgit.