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17/07/2009 (3news.co.nz) - While today's iconic rolling of the Jaffas down Dunedin's Baldwin Street marked the end of the city's week-long chocolate carnival, it hasn't been a completely smooth ride.

17/07/2009 (Bloomberg) - Malaysia, the second-largest palm oil producer, is seeking new buyers in Turkey and Morocco to cut dependence on Asia and support prices, according to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok.

16/07/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Top palm oil producer IOI Corp Bhd is betting that crude palm oil (CPO) prices will recover later this year, according to AmResearch.

15/07/2009 (Business Green) - New Zealand's Auckland Zoo has removed Cadbury chocolates from its shelves after the confectionery maker moved to substitute some of the cocoa solids in its products with palm oil from South Asia plantations.

16/07/2009 (Procurement Leaders) - Malaysian palm oil producers who have switched to environmentally-friendly production methods on demands from western businesses have criticised those same companies for buying cheaper, uncertified produce despite being the ones who demanded the change.

15/07/2009 (Bloomberg) - India, the world’s largest buyer of vegetable oils after China, has no plans to increase duties on imports of palm oil to ensure supplies at “affordable” rates, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said.

15/07/2009 (Solomon Star News) - A RESEARCH project by Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Plantation (GPPOL) will commence later this year to investigate methods to control a particular disease in oil palm.

15/07/2009 (The Wall Street Journal) - European consumer groups and nongovernmental organizations have said they want environmentally friendly palm oil. Malaysian producers of palm oil that have made the switch are discovering that it is still a hard sell.

16/07/2009 (Food Biz Daily) - Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue, Government of India, has issued Notification (No.91/2009-Customs) regarding tariff values of edible oils.

15/07/2009 (Business Green) - An industry consortium of China-based producers and buyers of palm oil has pledged to support sustainably made palm oil at a time when Malaysian manufacturers are complaining of low sales due to high prices.

15/07/2009 (Bloomberg) — India, the world’s largest buyer of vegetable oils after China, has no plans to increase duties on imports of palm oil to ensure supplies at affordable rates, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said.

15/07/2009 (Mongabay.com) - China-based producers and users of palm oil said they will provide more support for sustainable palm oil, reports WWF. The move could boost efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of the world's most productive oilseed.