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05-10-2004
Bio-Diesel Use May Up Long-Term Vegoil Demand
Monday October 4, 4:59 PM - NEW DELHI (Dow Jones)--An expected rise inthe use of bio fuels around the world may lead to a rise in the demand forand eventually the prices of vegetable oils in the next several years, anedible oil industry analyst told Dow Jones Newswires in a recentinterview.
05-10-2004
China To Raise Quota For Indonesian CPO To 1.5M MT
04/10/04 JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--The Chinese government will raise its quotafor Indonesian palm oil imports to 1.5 million tons in 2005 from 1.2million tons this year, a senior official said Monday.
05-10-2004
GHope set to be integrated producer
Tuesday October 5, 2004 - GOLDEN Hope Plantations Bhd is transformingitself into a more efficient integrated palm oil producer following therecent approval by shareholders of its rationalisation exercise, RHBResearch said in a report.
05-10-2004
Indonesia may boost CPO output by 4.8% next year
04/10/04 - Jakarta (Bloomberg): Indonesia, the world's second largestcrude palm oil producer, may raise its output by 4.8 percent in 2005 asfarmers and plantations increase planting of the crop, Indonesianofficials said.
05-10-2004
Indonesia To Boost Oil Palm Areas To 10M Ha Within
04/10/04 JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesia plans to expand its oil palmplantation areas to 10 million hectares within three decades to more thandouble its crude palm oil output, Minister of Agriculture Bungaran Saragihsaid Monday.
05-10-2004
Palm oil may fall as India, China cut purchases, s
04/10/094 - JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Palm oil futures in Malaysia, the world'sbiggest exporter of the edible oil, may decline this week because ofslowing purchases from India and China.
05-10-2004
Talk of El Nino Floods, Droughts Worries Farmers
Sun Oct 3,11:26 PM Science - SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After a seeminglyunending string of hurricanes and typhoons, talk that the "little boy" isstirring in the Pacific is unwelcome news for weather-battered farmers.
04-10-2004
‘More mechanisation needed’
Sunday October 3, 2004 MIRI: The Plantation Industries and CommoditiesMinistry wants to see more mechanisation in the plantation sector toreduce the amount spent on labour, especially foreign workers.
04-10-2004
Approval for more duty-free CPO exports
Friday October 1, 2004 - THE Ministry of Plantation Industries andCommodities has granted approval for additional duty-free crude palm oil(CPO) exports, given the higher-than-expected level of CPO stocks lastmonth and in the face of intense competition from Indonesia.Our concept of duty-free CPO exports is simple, said its minister, DatukPeter Chin Fah Kui.
04-10-2004
Astra Agro Says Palm Oil Output May Increase 20% N
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia's biggest publiclytraded agricultural company, said its palm oil production may increase byas much as a fifth next year, about the same as growth this year, becausemore trees will mature.
04-10-2004
Crude Palm Oil Price Predicted To Rise 5% In 2005
JAKARTA, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - The Indonesian Association of Palm OilCompanies (Gapki) predicted that the price of palm oil will increase by 5per cent early next year.
04-10-2004
Edible oil imports likely to rise; record soya cro
Mumbai , Oct. 2 - EDIBLE oil imports into the country were an estimated6.26 lakh tonnes (lt) in September as per preliminary data made availableto Business Line by the industry portal oilmandi.com.