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16-09-2003
KL to ensure palm oil trade not hurt by WTO export
CANCUN, Fri: Malaysia wants to make sure that World Trade Organisation(WTO) rules on export competition do not impede the growth of the country’s palm oil industry.
16-09-2003
Malaysia Rejects Cancun WTO Draft Declaration
CANCUN, (Mexico), Sept 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has totally rejected arevised draft declaration of the Cancun Ministerial Conference issued bythe World Trade Organization (WTO) here Saturday as the text blatantlydisregards its interests and that of other developing countries.
16-09-2003
Removal of duty a boost for palm oil exporters
Tuesday September 16, 2003 - LOCAL exporters of processed palm oil will befurther encouraged to increase their exports with the proposed abolishmentof export duty on crude and refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palmolein under Budget 2004.
13-09-2003
BUDGET 2004: Biomass & R&D
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12: The introduction of the Supply Bill (2004)containing the Government's budget for next year as delivered by PrimeMinister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Dewan Rakyattoday.................
13-09-2003
Budget 2004: Building on success, investing for th
Sept 13: Text of the speech by Prime Minister and Finance Minister DatukSeri Dr Mahathir Mohamad while introducing the Supply Bill (2004) at theDewan Rakyat yesterday. ..........
13-09-2003
Lahad Datu earmarked for palm oil downstream activ
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 10: The Lahad Datu district on Sabah's east coastwill be turned into a palm oil industrial cluster to cater to downstreamprocessing of value added products from the commodity.
13-09-2003
M'sia Calls For Cut In High Agri Tariffs To Reason
CANCUN (Mexico), Sept 12 (Bernama) - Malaysia, whose palm oil exports tosome markets are subject to tariffs as high as 300 percent, has called onWorld Trade Organization (WTO) members to reduce such discriminatoryagricultural tariffs to more reasonable levels.
12-09-2003
Explicit Consensus Is Vital For Success Of WTO Mee
CANCUN (Mexico), Sept 9 (Bernama) -- For global trade talks to succeed,the fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference must comeout with a statement which all the 148 WTO members will have to agreethrough explicit consensus, the Minister of International Trade andIndustry, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said.
03-09-2003
More arrests soon over palm oil theft
Wednesday September 3, 2003 - PENANG: Police, who have arrested sixmembers of a syndicate that stole crude palm oil from a refinery in BukitTambun, Nibong Tebal, expect to pick up at least 20 more people soon.
03-09-2003
Vegetable Oil Imports By India Decline
NEW DELHI, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- Vegetable oil imports by India declinedsharply in August this year despite the coming festival season.
29-08-2003
Carrying The "Malaysia Boleh" Spirit To Green Chin
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Researcher and company director Yeo KimLuang has an interesting story to tell: Malaysia's humble palm oil biomasshas been more successful than other media produced by Japan, South Koreaor Germany in preventing soil erosion in sandstorm-prone deserts ofChina's outlying areas.
28-08-2003
Challenge to embark on new applications
28/8/2003 - THE International Palm Oil Congress, or PIPOC 2003, organisedby the Malaysian Palm Oil Board ended yesterday with a challenge toindustry players to embark on newly identified applications for palm oilwhile focusing on better market access, branding, efficient productioncosts, quality and competitiveness.