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17/03/2015 (UkrAgroConsult) - Malaysia's palm oil product exports to Iran dropped by 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.

17/03/2015 (New Strait Times) - The oil palm industry has become an important sector in Sarawak, thanks to the increasing global demand for palm oil and its products; which acts as a catalyst to increase the income of rural folk and contribute towards sustainable economic growth.

17/03/2015 (ICIS) - Malaysia exported 491,727 tonnes of palm oil products in the first half March, down by 3.4% from the same period in February, data from cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services (ITS) showed on Monday.

16/03/2015 (Bloomberg) - Indonesia plans to increase blending of palm oil with diesel this year to cut costs of importing fossil fuel and shore up prices of the world’s most-used vegetable oil.

16/03/2015 (Reuters) - India's palm oil imports fell to 509,948 tonnes in February from 658,670 tonnes in the previous month, its second month in a row, data from the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) showed on Friday.

16/03/2015 (The News International) - Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA) has decided to close down their mills from today (Saturday) for indefinite period as the Punjab government started strict implementation of cut in ghee price by Rs15 per kilogram.

16/03/2015 (Bernama) - Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hannah Serwaah Tetteh will be undertaking an official visit to Malaysia, starting tomorrow till March 18 to further strengthen the existing bilateral ties.

16/03/2015 (Pakistan Observer) - Provincial Minister for Agriculture Dr Farrukh Javed has instructed price control magistrates to start a crackdown on ghee and oil profiteers.

16/03/2015 (Business Standard) - The wholesale oils and oilseeds market depicted a weak trend during the week as select edible oils declined owing to slackened demand from vanaspati millers and retailers amid a weak global trend.

16/03/2015 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian palm oil futures stayed within a tight range on Friday to 2,247, as investors await clear market direction.

16/03/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Friday on prospects that top producer Indonesia will blend more palm into biodiesel this year, though concerns over dwindling demand still dragged the contract to its biggest weekly drop in a month.

16/03/2015 (Bernama) - Malaysia's palm oil product exports to Iran dropped by 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.