Archived News
10-09-2012
ECER Eyes More Investments From China
10/09/2012 (Bernama) - The East Coast Economic Region (ECER) is eyeing a bigger share of Chinese investments by further promoting the vast business opportunities available in the region during the Malaysia-China Entrepreneur Conference (MCEC) 2012 on Saturday.
10-09-2012
Customs Duty Collection in Fiscal Year 2012: Only Five Items Made 48.2 Percent Contribution
10/09/2012 (Business Recorder) - Only five items, ie, vehicles, petroleum products, edible oil, mechanical and electrical machinery contributed 48.2 percent to collection of total customs duty during 2011-12. According to the latest customs data of the Federal Board of Revenue released here on Saturday, there is a considerable degree of concentration on collection of customs duty on few items; only five items ie vehicles, petroleum products, edible oils, mechanical machinery and electrical machinery contributed 48.2% of the total collection during 2011-12.
10-09-2012
Google Mapping Tool Exposes Illegal Logging
10/09/2012 (National Geographic) - Conservationists working to save forests and species on the ground are looking to the sky, thanks to mapping tools and satellites that capture Earth like never before.
08-09-2012
VEGOILS-Palm Ends Week Lower on Stock Build; Industry Data Eyed
08/09/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures fell on Friday, posting their worst weekly performance since late July, with traders made cautious by the prospect that data next week could show rising inventories in the Southeast Asian country.
08-09-2012
Palm Oil Plantation Owners Lament Crude Import Tariff Conspiracy .
08/09/2012 (BusinessDay) - The Palm Oil Plantation Owners of Nigeria (POFON) has cried out against the scheming of some interest groups in the country to make the Economic Management Team (EMT) endorse their failed move to effect a reduction of the current tariff on the importation of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) from 35 percent to 10 percent
08-09-2012
GIC, Northstar Buy Into Indonesia Palm Oil Firm For $200 Million: Source
08/09/2012 (Reuters) - Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and Northstar Pacific Partners, the Indonesian private equity firm backed by TPG, have bought a minority stake in PT Triputra Agro Persada, Indonesia's eighth-biggest palm oil producer, in a $200 million deal, a source said.
08-09-2012
Dutch Vegetable-Oil Makers Claim Russia Is Breaching WTO Accords
08/09/2012 (Bloomberg) - Vegetable-oil makers in the Netherlands called on the country’s government to object to alleged Russian breaches of World Trade Organization tariff agreements for importing edible oils and fats.
08-09-2012
TCB TO Import 1,500 Tonnes of Premium Palm Oil From Malaysia
08/09/2012 (Financial Express) - Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will import 1,500 tonnes of palm olien, a high quality brand from Malaysia on a trial basis which is expected to arrive in the country by October, officials said.
08-09-2012
Sime Darby Berhad : Sime Darby Declines to Confirm Report on Oil Palm Expansion in Peru
08/09/2012 (4-traders) - Sime Darby Bhd declined Friday to confirm a newspaper report that the world\'s largest listed palm oil producer by acreage was seeking final approvals from Peru to start planting oil palm trees.
08-09-2012
Stockists Shy Away From Buying Edible Oils
08/09/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils prices declined sharply tracking improved resale selling and bearish Malaysian palm oil futures that fell to three-week low on Friday.
08-09-2012
Private Sector Operations Team Supports Green Growth During Agribusiness and Forestry Conferences in Ghana
08/09/2012 (AllAfrica.com) - Representatives from the Industries and Services division of AfDB's Private Sector Operations Department (OPSM.2) participated in the Rubber Plant & Palm Oil Africa conference from September 4-7 in Accra, Ghana.
08-09-2012
Felda\'s Biomass Plant To Fuel More Jobs
08/09/2012 (New Straits Times) - Felda's RM125 million biomass power plant in Felda Jengka 9 here is expected to provide energy, business opportunities and jobs for local settlers when completed in December.