Archived News

28/04/2008 (Trading Market) - The Indonesian government said it will cut the export tax on crude palm oil (CPO) from 20 per cent to 15 per cent in May to follow a decline in the prices of that commodity on the international market.

28/04/2008 (The Independent) - For the past few years, one of the world's biggest advertisers has been trying to persuade us to celebrate natural beauty: Unilever very successfully peddles its Dove brand on a promise of making more women feel more beautiful everyday. But is Dove killing our planet?

27/04/2008 (The Bangkok Post) - State-run oil giant PTT Pcl has taken over a major palm oil plantation in Kalimantan, the Indonesian province on Borneo island, PTT Prasert Bunsumpun said on Sunday.

27/04/2008 (The Sunday Times Online, Sri Lanka) - Recent changes in tax policies by Indonesian, Indian and Chinese governments on Palm Oil imports may have an impact on Sri Lankan exports to those countries with increasing competition, according to industry analysts.

27/04/2008 (Reuters, USA), Bangkok - Malaysian palm oil prices are unlikely to rise much higher this year from current levels as domestic supplies are improving while the world's appetite for biofuels is showing signs of slowing on rising feedstock prices, a senior Malaysian government official said on Monday.

26/04/2008 (Bernama), Bali - Malaysia and Indonesia today agreed to carry out joint scientific research to counter anti-palm oil propaganda among Western non-governmental organisations.

26/04/2008 (The Star Online) - WITH crude palm oil prices camping well above the RM3,000 per tonne level for several months now, many people must surely be sorely tempted to venture into the plantation sector. After all, coaxing a middling yield from an oil palm holding isn't rocket science, and selling a commodity in a hot market can't be too hard either.

25/04/2008 (Red Orbit) - German consumer and industrial product manufacturer Henkel has joined the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil as an official member, effective April 2008.

25/04/2008(Infoshop News) - Are you a "green" consumer? Even if your intentions are good, your "Earth friendly" soap and organic ice cream may be driving species to extinction and heating up the planet, especially if these products contain palm oil.

25/04/2008 (Business Standard) - Senior officers from Malaysia and Indonesia discussed strategies to promote palm oil in the global market to counter the anti-palm oil campaign in the West, particularly by soy oil producers.

24/04/2008 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - Indonesia has turned out to be the surprise sore point in the proposed India-Asean free trade agreement (FTA) that was scheduled to be in place last month. Jakarta’s insistence on offering lower market access to India than other Asean members has held up the pact.

23/04/2008 (The Independent) - Think of Dove cosmetics and you might think of a bunch of right-on soap makers, who have contributed to the great feminist movement by plastering pictures of plus-size women in their bras and knickers on advertising billboards across the country.