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07-07-2003
Malaysia third-quarter palm export seen up
KUALA LUMPUR (July 02 2003) : Malaysia's third-quarter palm oil shipmentscould show growth of as much as 21 percent on a year earlier due to hugelydiscounted prices against soyoil, industry sources said on Tuesday.
07-07-2003
Minister urged to help set up palm oil research st
KARACHI (July 04 2003) : A joint delegation of Pakistan Coconut and OilPalm Plantation Society (PCOPS) and Pakistan Vanaspati ManufacturersAssociation (PVMA) met with Provincial Minister for Food and Agriculture,Sindh Arif Mustafa Jatoi, in his office, a press release said on Thursday.
07-07-2003
Pakistan edible oil imports seen slow, stocks high
KARACHI (July 02 2003) : Pakistani palm oil importers were likely toremain sidelined in July due to ample stocks in the local market and morethan 50,000 tonnes of supplies in transit, traders said on Tuesday.
02-07-2003
Oil palm replanting initiative continues
KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 (Bernama) -- The incentive scheme for oil palmreplanting has been continued effective last month with assistance ofRM500 per hectare, Primary Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim KengYaik, said here today.
02-07-2003
Asian oils: China hungry for cooking oil, India qu
KUALA LUMPUR (June 25 2003) : China is actively seeking RBD palm olein toreplenish stocks and prevent further rises in domestic prices, traderssaid on Tuesday.
02-07-2003
EU to become net rapeseed importer
HAMBURG (June 25 2003) : The European Union will become a net rapeseedimporter in 2003-04 as its rapeseed crop is forecast to fall to 9.30million tonnes from 9.34 million in the previous season, Hamburg-basednewsletter Oil World said.
02-07-2003
Indonesia sees palm oil output at 9.5 million tons
JAKARTA (June 24 2003) : Indonesia, the world's second- largest palm oilgrower, expects to produce 9.5 million tonnes in 2003, up 100,000 tonnesfrom last year, the Indonesian Palm Oil Commission said on Monday.
02-07-2003
Pakistan palm oil imports slow
ISLAMABAD (June 25 2003) : Pakistan palm oil trade has been slow in thepast week and a downtrend in international prices could keep the marketunder pressure, traders said on Tuesday.
24-06-2003
Bhaskar To Set Up Plants To Refine M'sian, Indon C
COLOMBO, June 23 (Bernama) - An Indian company, the Bhaskar Group, plansto set up two plants in Sri Lanka for processing and exporting palm oiland edible oils at a total cost of around 2.5 billion rupees (US$26million), using refined crude palm oil imported from Malaysia andIndonesia.
24-06-2003
Counter-trade for dam project still on
Tuesday, June 24 2003 - THE Government denied yesterday rumours that aplan to partly pay for the construction of the Bakun Dam project in palmoil had been scrapped.
24-06-2003
Guthrie may list Indon subsidiary earlier than 200
Tuesday, June 24 2003 - DIVERSIFIED Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd may list PTMinamas Plantations on the Jakarta Stock Exchange sooner than 2005 tocapitalise on the Indonesian subsidiary’s good performance.
24-06-2003
Guthrie taking steps to meet European standard
Tuesday, June 24 2003 - KUMPULAN Guthrie Bhd has initiated measures tomake its palm oil-based byproducts acceptable in European hypermarkets.