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13/03/2009 (Business Times, Malaysia) - Palm and Lauric Oils Conference & Exhibition

11/03/2009 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities has called on all its agencies to implement the projects under the second stimulus package according to schedule so that they will benefit the industries especially the smallholders.

11/03/2009 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The government should consider arranging soft loans for oil palm smallholders to further spur replanting activities, Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd's managing director Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid said today.

11/03/2009 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - Imports of palm oil by Bangladesh will grow at only half their average annual pace of 10 percent this year as the global economic downturn saps some demand, leading Singapore traders said on Wednesday.

10/03/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The benchmark May crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract failed to sustain above RM2,000 per tonne yesterday, amid uncertainty over demand in the coming months and ahead of a two-day convention on palm oil in Kuala Lumpur starting today.

10/03/2009 (Alibaba.com) - Planters, traders and consumers in the palm oil industry are gathering in Kuala Lumpur for Bursa Malaysia's annual palm oil conference from March 10 to 12.

10/03/2009 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - India's sunflower oil imports are expected climb seven-fold as the nation makes first big purchases from the Black Sea region in four years, taking advantage of a zero percent import tariff and plentiful supplies.

10/03/2009 (New Times Online) - A day’s roundtable discussion has been held in Accra on ways to develop the oil palm industry.

11/03/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Crude palm oil (CPO) production fell for a third month in February compared to a month ago while exports of palm oil were down whereas that of palm kernel oil was up.

10/03/2009 (The Star Online), Muar - Integrated poultry company Leong Hup Holdings Bhd is venturing into oil palm cultivation to diversify its earning base.

10/03/2009 (Daily Times, Pakistan), Islamabad - The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has rejected the demand of private sector for allowing export of palm oil from Pakistan.

10/03/2009 (The Star Online) - IT is sad to note that many Malaysian companies are still reluctant to develop the clean development mechanism (CDM) projects under the Kyoto Protocol despite its good prospect in providing steady income streams via sales of energy generated and certified carbon emissions (CERs) or “carbon credit”.