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The recently signed Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) between Malaysia and the US could enhance local industries’ efficiency, innovation and product quality while strengthening their competitiveness in the American market, according to the Malaysia External Trade Development Corp (Matrade).

The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed higher today, breaking its multi-day downtrend

The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) is urging the Government to act swiftly to lift the ban on oil palm cultivation, warning that with each passing day, the losses to the nation keep growing.

Malaysian palm oil futures dropped on Monday, weighed down by weaknesses in rival edible oils on the Dalian exchange, while increased production continued to pressure prices.

Andhra Pradesh accounts for about 80 per cent of the total crude palm oil (CPO) production of the country and has expanded its oil palm cultivation by about 122 per cent between 2010 and 2023

Indonesia must strengthen its bargaining position to push the United States into lowering its import tariff on palm oil to zero percent, mirroring the deal Washington recently struck with Malaysia, according to the Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios).

Indonesia exported 17.58 million metric tons of crude and refined palm oil in the January-to-September period, up 11.62% from the same period last year, the statistics bureau said on Monday

He said that over the past three decades, palm oil has been unfairly portrayed as an environmental villain, while fossil fuel producers — whose emissions are the largest direct cause of climate change — have largely escaped equivalent moral outrage

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the global body for sustainable palm oil, is making a strategic pivot to fast-growing consumer regions like China, Africa and the Middle East, to boost the global uptake of certified sustainable palm oil or CSPO.

This shows that our palm oil exports [in January-September 2025] jumped 32.40 percent,” Pudji Ismartini, a senior official

Indonesia announced Monday that its reference price for crude palm oil, or CPO, had slightly gone up to $963.75 per metric ton for November

The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) risks squeezing palm oil out of global supply chains, as persistent bias and trade barriers continue to penalise producing nations despite their proven progress in protecting forests, said Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chairman Datuk Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha.