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MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  05-10-2005

Bullish CPO price lifts plantation stocks

05/10/05 (The Star) - A steady uptrend in crude palm oil (CPO) pricesfrom last month has lifted sentiment on plantation stocks. Also, there arehopes that palm oil-based biodiesel - new demand in the making - willsupport CPO prices at a high level in the future.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  05-10-2005

Indonesia palm oil exports to India up 30 pc in Ja

4/10/05 Chennai , (Business Line) - Indonesia's palm oil exports to Indiaincreased by over 30 per cent during January-May this year, while itsshipments to other nations rose 46.5 per cent.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  05-10-2005

Malaysia Aug Exports +12.5%, Beats Estimates

04/10/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysia's exports rose abetter-than-expected 12.5% in August as companies shipped more electricalgoods, electronics and crude oil, offsetting a decline in palm oil sales,official data released Tuesday show.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  05-10-2005

Palm Oil To Continue To Be One Of Malaysia's Succe

29/09/05 PETALING JAYA, (Bernama) -- The palm oil industry is one of theMalaysia's greatest success stories and will remain so as long as it keepspace with the latest technological advancements in oils and fats.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  05-10-2005

P&G bets on palm oil to cut reliance on crude

4/10/05 New York (FT.com) - Procter & Gamble is turning to palm oil andcoconut plantations in Asia as an alternative ingredient to make its Tidelaundry detergent and Head & Shoulders shampoos, as the world’s largestconsumer goods company makes a strategic bet on the future cost of crudeoil.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  05-10-2005

Taipei County, Taiwan Starts Trial Biodiesel Progr

10/4/2005 (China Post) - With oil prices rising worldwide, Taiwan isjumping on the global bandwagon of experimenting with biofuel as a sourceof energy as an alternative to the petroleum-based gasoline and diesel.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  05-10-2005

TH to invest RM188.75m

04/10/05 (The Malay Mail) - TABUNG Haji (TH) plans to invest as much asRM188.75 million in oil palm plantations in Western Mindanao, ThePhilippines, sources said yesterday.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  05-10-2005

Thailand's Jan-Aug Import Data For Major Ag Commod

04/10/05 BANGKOK (Dow Jones)--The following table shows Thailand's importsof soybeans, soymeal, pulp and palm oil in January-to-August, comparedwith the same period last year.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-10-2005

Biofuel Cuts Reliance on Petroleum

2/10/95 (Business Times) - THE Government's strong push for development ofbiodiesel will produce two immediate benefits - reducing dependence onfossil fuel and stabilising palm oil prices.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-10-2005

Vitamin E From Palm Oil May Prevent Stroke, Says O

30/9/2005 (Business Times) - Malaysia's palm oil has received a boost fromthe medical world with a recent discovery that palm tocotrienol (vitaminE), which is a palm oil extract, may help prevent stroke.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-10-2005

Agriculture Sector To Grow By 5.0 Pct In 2006

30/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- The agriculture sector is expected togrow at a higher rate of five percent in 2006, contributed by higherproduction of palm oil and rubber and increase in food production, saysthe Treasury in its 2005/2006 Economic Report released Friday.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  04-10-2005

BIOX’s big plans

2/10/05 (The Edge Daily) - Europe’s largest and fastest-growing supplierof biofuel BIOX Group BV is coming to Malaysia with big plans, includingsourcing up to 300,000 tonnes of biomass consisting of palm oil and palmoil by-products annually by the beginning of 2007.