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18/11/2025 (Ukr Agro Consult) - Malaysian palm oil futures inched higher on Monday for a third straight session on a softer ringgit and bullish forecasts from leading industry analysts.

18/11/2025 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia will soon introduce red palm oil (RPO) into school meals and child-focused food assistance programmes under a nationwide effort to tackle under-nutrition among vulnerable children, says Plantation and Commodities Minis­ter Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

17/11/2025 (The Edge Malaysia) - The Malaysian palm oil industry has long practised zero waste principles by turning agricultural waste into useful resources, which also prevents carbon emissions from decomposition of waste.

17/11/2025 (Free Malaysia Today), Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is conducting major studies on the nutritional value and health impacts of palm oil as part of a broader initiative to strengthen evidence-based dietary guidance and enhance Malaysia’s global credibility in palm-based nutrition research.

17/11/2025 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia is positioning itself at the forefront of science-based nutrition research by integrating palm oil into healthier dietary applications, the Plantation and Commodities Ministry said.

17/11/2025 (Vulcan Post), Jakarta - Dami Mas, the seed division of leading agribusiness Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), has launched DxP Dami Mas MTK (Moderate Toleran Kekeringan), a major milestone in efforts to build a climate-resilient palm oil industry. MTK is the first oil palm seed to have its superior performance under drought conditions validated and approved for sale by Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculture.

17/11/2025 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia has lowered its crude palm oil reference price for December to a level that maintains the export duty at 10%, a circular on the Malaysian Palm Oil Board website showed on Monday.

17/11/2025 (Oils and Fats International) - Global vegetable oil prices rose in October, according to the benchmark United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index (FFPI) released on 7 November.

15/11/2025 (Bio Energy Times) - Palm oil prices are likely to rise in the coming months due to uncertainty created by Indonesia’s land seizure policies and its planned biodiesel expansion, industry analysts said on Friday, reported Reuters.

14/11/2025 (Arab News), Nusa Dua - Pakistan’s edible oil imports are estimated to jump to 3.4-3.5 million metric tons this year as domestic demand rises, Abdul Rasheed Jan Mohammad, chief executive of the Westbury Group, a major player in Pakistan’s edible oil sector, said on Friday.

14/11/2025 (Economic Times) - In the 2023-24 marketing year (November-October), India's edible oil imports stood at 15.96 million tonnes worth Rs 1.32 lakh crore, as per the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) data released on Thursday.

14/11/2025 (The Edge Malaysia), Nusa Dua - Palm oil prices are expected to increase in the coming months on uncertainties stemming from land seizure policies and a biodiesel plan by top producer Indonesia, leading industry analysts said on Friday.