Archived News

17/06/2011 (Bernama) - Malaysia has set a record as the world's largest producer of certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO), accounting for over 50 per cent from a total of 4.2 million tonnes CSPO production todate.

17/06/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia and Pakistan have temporarily halted negotiations on a preferential trade agreement (PTA), as both countries found no breakthroughs to solve their differences on tariff reductions over a number of commodities, including palm oil and kino oranges.

17/06/2011 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian palm oil futures dropped to more than five-week lows on Thursday as traders cut back on worries that stocks could grow beyond 2 million tonnes this month.

17/06/02011 (The Star) - Credit Suisse revising global prices upward on rising price of grain.

17/06/2011 (Bernama) - African nations attending the Langkawi International Dialogue 2011 can use Malaysia's transformational leadership initiatives and transformational policies to tailor-make their own policies to suit their domestic needs to tackle head-on global challenges and new realities.

17/06/2011 (Borneo Post) - BioFusion Sdn Bhd walked away with RM200,000 cash prize for winning 2011 Best Innovation in Biotechnology and Agro Technology in the country.

17/06/2011 (Ninemsn) - Two Senate crossbenchers have condemned both major parties for rejecting a move designed to help protect orangutans in South-East Asia.

16/06/2011 (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - Everyone knows that the raw material used to produce papers is timber. When environmental protection was first promoted many years ago, paper recycling instantly became the common and standard practice.

16/06/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced after a recent slump in prices widened the discount to soybean oil to the highest in almost three years, increasing the appeal of the tropical oil for food uses.

16/06/2011 (The Engineer) - Specially adapted palm kernel oil could be used to insulate electrical transformers, thereby proving a more environmentally sound alternative to current silicone-based oils.

16/06/2011 (Financial Express) - Vegetable oil imports by India, the biggest user after China, may accelerate in the next three to four months as domestic supplies slow, a processors’ group said. Purchases in May climbed 19% to 6,64,133 tonne from a year earlier, the first gain in seven months, the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India said in a statement. Imports in the seven months ended May 31 declined 12 % to 4.27 million tonne from a year earlier, it said.

16/06/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia and the European Union (EU) have agreed to commence talks on an “ambitious” free trade agreement (FTA), as both parties seek to boost two-way trade and the EU's investments in Indonesia.