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28/09/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) had recently concluded their Summit in Vladivostok, Russia. Amid numerous issues discussed at the Summit, leaders’ agreements on the liberalization of the environmental goods trade and food security are worth special attention.

28/09/2012 (The Star) - Malaysian exhibitors generated total sales of RM141.12mil from the China-Asean Expo held here in China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region from Sept 21-25.

28/09/2012 (The Star) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGVH) is targeting more mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the Asean region, especially in the upstream operations, partly to counter i ts old age oil palm profile in Malaysia.

27/09/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Wednesday, as investors stayed cautious on rising stocks and renewed fears about a slowing global economy on Spain's financing woes.

27/09/2012 (BusinessDay) - The foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) recently released a report analysing palm oil value chain in Nigeria.

27/09/2012 (BusinessDay) - As part of its agricultural transformation agenda, the Federal Government has concluded plans to cultivate 9 million oil palm seedlings.

27/09/2012 (Voxy) - New Zealand First is calling for the Government to introduce mandatory palm oil labelling for products being sold in our country.

27/09/2012 (Stock Market Wire) - Asian Plantations (LSE: PALM), a palm oil plantation company with operations in Malaysia, sold 391% more fresh fruit bunches (FFB) in the six month period ended 30 June 2012, compared to the same period last year.

27/09/2012 (The Star) - Worries about global economic growth prospects and uncertainties about the impact of the stimulus measures saw European and key Asian markets extending their losses on Wednesday.

27/09/2012 (The Star) - Shares of plantation stocks were among the major decliners on Bursa Malaysia on Wednesday, with the crude palm oil (CPO) futures falling to a two-year low.

27/09/2012 (2merkato) - Ethiopia has been able to lease 70 thousand hectares or land to domestic and international investors in the past financial year according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

26/09/2012 (Bernama) - The recent palm oil mission to France and Romania is expected to boost exports of Malaysian palm oil to European countries, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.