Archived News
06-09-2004
Indonesia in a haze from 1,100 fires
Saturday September 4, 05:55 PM (INDONESIA) - More than 1,100 forest firesburning in central Indonesia have enveloped the region in a choking hazethat's reduced air quality and delayed flights, officials said.
06-09-2004
USDA Attache: India's '03 Soybean Oil Imports Seen
3/9/04 CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (Dow Jones)--India's soybean oil imports inMY 2003 are estimated lower at 750,000 metric tons, due to higher pricescoupled with high shipping costs, according to information from the U.S.Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service web site, datedAug. 31 andreleased Friday.
03-09-2004
Below-Normal Rains May Limit Palm Oil Yields In Ma
9/2/04 (Oilmandi) - Palm oil yields may be reduced from what theyotherwise would have been in late 2004 and early 2005 as rainfall inMalaysian palm oil regions was below normal during January-June 2004.
03-09-2004
Indonesia Seeks Cut In China's Import Duty On Its
JAKARTA, Sept 1 Asia Pulse - Industry and Trade Minister Rini M.S.Soewandi will seek to talk to Chinese counterpart Bo Xilai to request fora reduction in the import duty on Indonesian stearic acid to 10 per centfrom the current 16 per cent.
03-09-2004
Indonesian, Chinese Cos To Build Fertilizer, Plywo
JAKARTA, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - State-owned plantation company PT PerkebunanNusantara (PTPN) III and PT Surya Bumi Agro Langgeng have signed anagreement with China's Guangcai Jing Xu Ltd Co. of Beijing to buildfertilizer and particle board factories in Indonesia.
03-09-2004
M'sian Green Technology For 2008 Beijing Olympics
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- Oil palm mat, a locally developedinnovation to prevent soil erosion, may be making an environmental impactin Beijing when the Chinese capital plays host to the Olympic Games in2008.
03-09-2004
Thailand signs pact for biodiesel feasibility stud
9/1/2004 THE NATION (THAILAND) - Palm growers are set to benefit from thegovernment's latest biofuel promotion scheme, which will need to buy palmoil for the production of biodiesel.
02-09-2004
China's FMCG gives local firms the blushes
9/1/04 (Oilmandi) - India’s fast moving consumer goods (FMCG)manufacturers would love to replicate China’s success story. The growth inthe urban Chinese FMCG market, at 9%, comfortably beats the Indian urbanFMCG market, which grew at 2.2% for the year ended April ’04.
02-09-2004
CPO demand to stay high for rest of 2004
9/1/2004 (BUSINESS TIMES) - DEMAND for Malaysia's crude palm oil (CPO)for the rest of the year is expected to be strong, especially fromtraditional buyers such as China, India, Pakistan, the Netherlands andEgypt, a US report says.
02-09-2004
Global demand for coconut products set to continue
9/1/2004 (BUSINESS LINE) Kochi, INDIA - GLOBAL demand for coconut andcoconut products has increased considerably in recent years and it isexpected to continue in tune with the growth in world population.
02-09-2004
M'sian Palm Oil Industry Looking To Value Added Ex
NEW DELHI, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian palm oil industry is lookingat adding value to its exports by expanding its oleochemical productssegment.
02-09-2004
Price Gap Slowly Narrowing, Says Lee
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- IOI Corp Bhd executive chairman, Tan SriLee Shin Cheng said crude palm oil (CPO), which is currently trading at adiscount of RM475 (US$125) a tonne to soy oil, was slowly narrowing thegap.