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18/04/2013 (Bernama) - Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT, Malaysia's only Islamic plantation real estate investment trust, expects crude palm oil (CPO) prices to strengthen between RM2,500 and RM2,600 per tonne by mid-year.

18/04/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Slack demand and weak Malaysian palm oil futures dragged the domestic edible oils markets.

18/04/2013 (Borneo Post) - The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (SOPPOA) has expressed its dissatisfaction with the upcoming Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) extraordinary general meeting (EGM).

18/04/2013 (Economic Times) - Prices of sesame and palmolein oils rose up to Rs 300 per quintal on the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today on fresh buying by vanaspati millers amid a firm global trend.

18/04/2013 (Business Recorder) - Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

18/04/2013 (Troy Media) - In less than a decade, the Cowichan Biodiesel Cooperative has gone from selling 20 litre jugs at the farmer’s market to selling 150,000 litres a year to local customers, a bus touring company and soon enough, the local county.

18/04/2013 (MoneyControl.com) - Fortune Financial Servies has come out with its report on agro commodities. According to the research firm, Soyoil and crude palm oil prices are likely to remain firm in the next six to seven trading sessions on revival in demand from stockists ahead of the festival and wedding season when consumption goes up.

18/04/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil fell to the lowest level this year as a slide in crude oil prices dimmed the demand prospects for the tropical oil as a feedstock for biofuels.

17/04/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended flat on Tuesday, as a recent commodities rout that dented investors' appetite for riskier assets offset earlier gains on bargain hunting.

17/04/2013 (The Star) - Local plantation companies are now pushing for the abolishment of the crude palm oil (CPO) windfall profit tax (WPT) on the heels of the Government's well-lauded move to impose the new CPO export duty and abolishment of the duty-free CPO export quota early this year, said industry players.

17/04/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils witnessed steady to weak trend on Tuesday on routine demand.

17/04/2013 (StockMarketWire.com) - MP Evans' profit for the full-year nearly halved to $21.55 million, from $39.7 million 12 months earlier.