Archived News

02/04/2014 (Jakarta Post) - After being in the red in the first month of the year, Indonesia’s trade balance swung back to surplus in February on the back of a decline in imports and a slight improvement in commodity exports.

02/04/2014 (Bernama) - Kenanga Research is maintaining "overweight" call on the plantation sector as it expects crude palm oil (CPO) prices to increase around 17 per cent this year to RM2,800 per metric tonne from last year's average of RM2,400 per metric tonne.

01/04/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell to their lowest in a month and a half on Monday, with prices recording their biggest monthly drop in over a year as disappointing export data stoked worries about slowing global demand for the vegetable oil.

01/04/2014 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

01/04/2014 (Bernama) - More than 77 percent of the 442,094 workers in the oil palm plantation sector in the country are foreign workers.

01/04/2014 (Business Recorder) - Monday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

01/04/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange ended lower as disappointing export data stoked worries about global demand slowing for the vegetable oil. Cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services reported that Malaysia's palm oil exports in March fell 3.1 per cent to 1.21 million tonnes from a month ago, hurt by weak demand from the world's top edible oil buyers China and India.

01/04/2014 (The Star) - RHB Research is maintaining its bullish view of the plantation sector as the recent price pullback is a buying opportunity before the next leg of upswing.

01/04/2014 (PIA) - After intensive studies on what possible industries to engage in and crops to grow in the typhoon devastated east coast towns, the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental together with industry experts conducted this morning (March 31) a consultation and orientation on the oil palm industry development poised to be the next mainstay industry in the province.

01/04/2014 (Indonesia Investments) - After announcing the low March inflation rate (0.08 percent), Statistics Indonesia (BPS) also released positive news about Indonesia's trade balance.

31/03/2014 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended at a near flat on Friday but ended lower by 2.8 per cent for the week and a third straight weekly loss due to investors’ uncertainties over lacklustre demand for the tropical oil.

31/03/2014 (The Star) - Plantations were the top losers on Bursa Malaysia in Monday’s late morning trade, dragging the FBM KLCI into the red.