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07/12/2013 (Express Tribune) - The third Malaysia-Pakistan palm oil trade fair and seminar is being organised by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (PMOC) and Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). The event will take place from January15 to 17, 2014.

07/12/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil rallied to the highest level in more than 14 months on speculation that rains in Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, may hamper production of the tropical oil used in everything from food to fuel.

07/12/2013 (Business Recorder) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

06/12/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Thursday as investors booked profits from gains in the previous session, but prices were held up by worries that flooding in major palm-growing areas would disrupt output in the world's No.2 producer.

06/12/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil stockpiles in Malaysia probably jumped to the highest level in eight months as exports from the world’s second-biggest producer declined for the first time since May, a Bloomberg survey showed. Futures fell.

06/12/2013 (Bloomberg) - Wilmar International Ltd. (WIL), the largest palm-oil trader, is pursuing efforts to reduce deforestation and make its products more sustainable.

06/12/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil imports by India, the world’s biggest buyer, probably climbed for the first time since June as traders rebuilt reserves from the lowest level in 21 months amid a delay in the domestic oilseed harvest.

06/12/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil fell on concern that a drop in exports from Malaysia probably boosted stockpiles in the world’s second-largest producer to an eight-month high.

06/12/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil stocks likely rose in November, a Reuters survey showed, as a dent in production did little to offset softer winter demand for the tropical oil.

06/12/2013(ANTARA News) - The chairman of inter-parliamentary cooperation of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR), Surahman Hidayat, said the World Trade Organization (WTO) must consider aspects of food resilience and implications of free trade on traditional farmers.

06/12/2013 (Bloomberg) - World food prices were little changed in November as falling prices for grain and sugar partially compensated for a jump in the cost of cooking oils, the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization said.

06/12/2013 (Bernama) - The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI), which stayed above the 1,820-level Thursday, ended on a fresh all-time high, boosted by gains on plantation counters.