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24-12-2008
Oil palm planters may get cess respite from Govt
24/12/2008 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - The Government is considering a reduction in the Malaysian Palm Oil Board cess payment or even suspend it for a certain period to assist planters in dire straits.
24-12-2008
Oil palm initiative to pay out 8% yield
24/12/2005 (The Star Online), Serdang - Plentiful Gold-Class Bhd, which manages Country Heights Growers Scheme (CHGS), a collective oil palm growing initiative, will deliver an 8% payout nett yield to its participating planters next month.
24-12-2008
Edible oil, ghee prices fall by 10 pc
24/12/2008 (The Post), Islamabad - Despite 70 percent decline in edible oil prices in the international market, edible oil and ghee prices in Pakistan declined by 10 percent only.
24-12-2008
Malaysia seeks to reverse collapse of tiger population due to poaching, logging, palm oil
23/12/2008 (Mongabay.com) - A new law seeks to double Malaysia's tiger population to 1,000 by 2020, reports BBC News.
23-12-2008
Malaysia To Ride \"Bumpy\" Economic Journey Next Year
23/12/2008 (Bernama), KUala Lumpur - Malaysia has strong fundamentals which makes the economy resilient enough to ride through next year when the fallout of the global economic slowdown begins to take effect.
23-12-2008
Haldia plant starts bio-fuel production
23/12/2008 (Times Of India), Kolkata - The city is on the threshold of a bio-fuel revolution. Very soon, buses and diesel taxis may stop belching toxic smoke, and Kolkatans may again breathe fresh air. That is, if the government changes its policies to put this green fuel in top gear, as several countries have done.
23-12-2008
Govt may impose import duty on palm oil
22/12/2008 (My Iris) - The government will consider imposing import duty on crude palm oil in order to protect Indian oilseed industry amid a steep fall in international prices, commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath revealed after the meeting representatives of the edible oil industry.
22-12-2008
Palm Oil Seedlings Sought in Three Countries
22/12/2008 (TEMPO Interactive), Jakarta - The Forum for Seeds Producers Cooperation is preparing a plasma program to seek superior palm oil seeds in Angola, Nigeria and Brazil. "The previous program in Cameroon was successful. The program is scheduled to be continued in the three countries," said Forum chairman Dwi Asmono following a meeting at the Agriculture Department last Friday.
22-12-2008
Incentives needed to encourage listing on palm oil indices
22/12/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - Palm oil indices will add little value to plantation companies if they offer no incentives for palm oil players to list on the index, fund managers and analysts said.
22-12-2008
Govt. to consider import duty levy on crude palm oil
21/12/2008 (The Hindu), New Delhi - The government will consider imposing duty on crude palm oil imports as suggested by the industry, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has said.
19-12-2008
Ceiling price on fertiliser?
19/12/2008 (Business Times) - The government may make imported chemical fertiliser a controlled item, placing a ceiling on its price so as to ease oil palm planters' burden.
19-12-2008
Sarawak oil palm planters seek respite from Government
19/12/2008 (The Star Online), Putrajaya - Sarawak oil palm planters, badly hit by the sharp fall in crude palm oil (CPO) prices, want the Government to give them some breathing space by waiving the windfall profit tax, lowering the cess and sales taxes, and regulating high fertiliser prices.