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13-01-2023
Malaysia says it could stop palm oil exports to EU after new curbs
12/01/2023 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia said on Thursday it could stop exporting palm oil to the European Union in response to a new EU law aimed at protecting forests by strictly regulating sale of the product.
13-01-2023
Malaysia might halt palm oil export to EU in retaliation for new deforestation regulations
12/01/2023 (The Edge Markets), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia may consider halting the export of palm oil to the European Union in retaliation for the trade bloc's new deforestation regulations, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Plantation and Commodities Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.
13-01-2023
MPOB: Palm oil export revenue to fall 24% to RM102.5b this year despite higher volume
12/01/2023 (The Edge Markets), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's palm oil export revenue is expected to fall by 24.1% in 2023 to RM102.5 billion, compared with a record RM135 billion posted in 2022, due to normalised crude palm oil (CPO) prices forecast for this year.
13-01-2023
Malaysian Palm Oil Board: CPO to trade at RM4,000-RM4,200 per tonne in 2023
12/01/2023 (Malay Mail), Putrajaya - The crude palm oil (CPO) price in 2023 is expected to range between RM4,000 and RM4,200 per tonne as compared to RM5,087.50 per tonne in the previous year, said Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) director-general Datuk Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir.
13-01-2023
Fadillah to visit Indonesia to strategise on cooperation to counter anti-palm oil lobby
12/01/2023 (The Borneo Post) - Deputy Prime Minister and Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof will leave for Indonesia by February to meet his counterpart and other stakeholders to fight the anti-palm oil lobby.
13-01-2023
Harn Len buys plantation unit from Jakel for RM54.7m in cash and shares, confirms The Edge report
12/01/2023 (The Edge Markets), Kuala Lumpur - Johor-based oil palm planter and property developer Harn Len Corp Bhd is acquiring a plantation outfit that owns 4,052.6 acres of plantation land in Rompin, Pahang, from textile giant Jakel group for RM54.7 million in a cash-plus-shares deal.
13-01-2023
VEGOILS-Palm oil flat, hovers near three-week lows on slow exports
12/01/2023 (Nasdaq) - Malaysian palm oil futures were little changed on Thursday, hovering around three-week lows hit in the previous session due to weak demand.
12-01-2023
December palm oil stocks slip to four-month low
11/01/2022 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s December palm oil end-stocks fell to the lowest since August as widespread flooding hit production during the year-end monsoon season, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) data showed yesterday.
12-01-2023
Malaysia's December palm oil output beats expectations
11/01/2023 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's palm oil output beat Kenanga Research's expectations in December as the sector offers highly defensive qualities, from resilient food and fuel driven demand to asset-rich net traded assets (NTA).
12-01-2023
Palm hits near three-week closing low on export demand concerns
12/01/2023 (Hellenic Shipping News) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell for a second consecutive session on Wednesday to close at their lowest in nearly three weeks, as fears grew about waning demand after early-January exports plummeted by about half.
12-01-2023
Malaysian analysts expect lower crude palm oil prices in 2023
11/01/2023 (People Gazette) - Malaysia’s leading securities and investment group, Affin Hwang Investment Bank, said in a note that CPO prices could be supported at 3,700 ringgit. That is about $846 to 4,000 ringgits ($914) per tonne in the short-term, given the seasonally low production period in major producing countries of Indonesia and Malaysia due to the monsoon season.
12-01-2023
Malaysia’s palm oil stocks down 4.09% in Dec 2022
10/01/2023 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s total palm oil stocks fell 4.09 per cent to 2.19 million tonnes in December last year from the 2.29 million tonnes recorded the month before.