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20/03/2015 (Jakarta Post) - The Indonesian government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Cuba in the field of agriculture, underscoring both countries’ efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and support each other’s development in the sector.

30/03/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures touched a near two-week low on Monday, before reversing losses to end positive as traders positioned themselves ahead of export data due later this week.

19/03/2015 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday March 19.

19/03/2015 (Ghanaweb) - Over the past six months, about 48,000 tonnes of substandard palm oil has been illegally imported into the country without appropriate duties, industrialists from the oil palm sector have said.

19/03/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rallied from a near seven-week low on Wednesday in a technical correction to end higher, though traders said weaker crude oil and soy prices would cap gains

19/03/2015 (Reuters) - Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

19/03/2015 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil shipments from Indonesia, the world’s largest producer, fell for a fourth month in February in the longest slump in at least seven years after China cut purchases of the cooking oil used in food and fuel.

19/03/2015 (Reuters) - Indonesia is considering lowering the threshold it applies to its monthly export tax for crude palm oil (CPO), a major industry group in the world's top producer said on Friday, in an effort to aid some processing industries hurt by low prices.

18/03/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

18/03/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures dived to their lowest in nearly seven weeks on Tuesday as worries over weak demand and doubts over Indonesia's ambitious biodiesel mandate prompted investors to unwind long positions.

18/03/2015 (New Straits Times) - Malaysia's palm oil exports to Iran plunged 42.1 per cent to 447,058 tonnes in 2014 from 635,258 tonnes in 2013, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.

18/03/2015 (Borneo Post) - Analysts expect the hike in crude palm oil (CPO) tax will benefit players in the downstream process but not upstream.