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07/07/2014 (AgriMoney.com) - US markets may not have reopened after the July 4 holiday weekend.

04/07/2014 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesia must reduce its economic dependence on natural resources by increasing investment into research and development to boost sustainable industrial development and “green” its economy, according to a climate change expert.

04/07/2014 (Daily Express) - The call for the abolishment of the cabotage policy as a solution to address the disparity in prices of goods between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak might do more harm than good to the country's shipping industry.

04/07/2014 (Reuters) - Indonesia's two presidential candidates have pledged to increase the amount of farm land to improve self sufficiency, although previous such plans by Asia's top importer of wheat and a major buyer of other grains and edibles have often stumbled.

04/07/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures were little changed on Thursday, with prices stuck in a tight range as investors waited for more leads on output volumes and global demand for the tropical oil.

04/07/2014 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

04/07/2014 (Reuters)- Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

04/07/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - With Malaysian palm oil accounting for some 27 per cent of the total palm oil imported by India, edible oil continues to feature in bilateral trade between the two countries.

04/07/2014 (Reuters) - The outlook for world supplies of cereals and vegetable oils improved in June, contributing to the third straight monthly drop in global food prices, the United Nations' food agency said on Thursday.

04/07/2014 (Business Recorder) - The eleven-month import numbers are out and they don reflect any substantial shift from the broad composition observed in 10M FY14. Data released by Pakistan Bureau of statistics continue to show an increase in capital expanding imports--such as machinery--along with a corresponding decline in consumption oriented imports that kept total imports in 11M FY14 almost at the same level as that in the year-ago period. However, there have been some noteworthy developments on month-on-month basis.

03/07/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Wednesday, reversing losses early in session to snap a four-day losing streak on short-covering by traders after prices fell to near three-week lows, although concerns of rising edible oil supplies capped gains.

03/07/2014 (Bernama) - The call for the abolishment of the cabotage policy as a solution to address the disparity in prices of goods between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak might do more harm than good to the country's shipping industry.