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14-03-2003
Plantation counters still
Friday, March 14 2003 - PLANTATION stocks, although rattled by prospectsthat current palm oil prices may have peaked, are still on solid ground asprices of the commodity are expected to remain firm in the next severalmonths.
14-03-2003
PVMA team leaves for Malaysia on March 15
ISLAMABAD (March 14 2003) : A 15-member Pakistan Vanaspati ManufacturersAssociation (PVMA) delegation is leaving for Malaysia on March 15, toattend palm oil annual prices outlook.
14-03-2003
USDA report on oilseed export tenders
CHICAGO (March 13 2003) : Oilseed export tenders, results and marketinformation as reported by the US Department of Agriculture and privateexport sources.
13-03-2003
East Asian importers to keep high profile in grain
TOKYO (March 11 2003) : East Asian importers will likely keep a highprofile in the grain and oilseed market this week, with some putting offmaking deals until the last minute in a bid to avoid higher shippingcosts.
13-03-2003
Indian trade body sees lower local vegetable oil s
NEW DELHI (March 11 2003) : A leading Indian edible oil trade body hasestimated the country's domestic availability of vegetable oil in 2002-03(November-October) at 4.8 million tonnes compared with 6.0 million tonneslast year.
13-03-2003
Iran tenders for 20,000 tonnes soyaoil FOB Brazil
PARIS (March 11 2003) : The Government Trading Corporation of Iran (GTC)issued a tender on Monday to buy 20,000 tonnes of soyabean oil on an FOBbasis from Brazilian ports for shipment in May.
13-03-2003
USDA seen lowering US soya crush, stocks: analysts
CHICAGO (March 08 2003) : The USDA is expected to lower its 2002/03 USsoyabean crush and end stocks estimates, and raise its US soya exports andSouth American crop estimates in next week's supply and demand report,analysts said.
13-03-2003
World soyameal prices likely to fall: Oil World
HAMBURG (March 12 2003) : Global soyameal prices are set to fall fromcurrent high levels when the expected excellent South American soyabeancrops increase supplies, Hamburg-based newsletter Oil World said onTuesday.
12-03-2003
Brazil 2000-03 soya crop raised to 49.6 million to
RIO DE JANEIRO (March 12 2003) : Brazil's Association of Vegetable OilsIndustries (Abiove) said on Tuesday it raised its 2002-03(October/September) soyabean crop forecast to a record 49.6 milliontonnes, from 48.3 million tonnes in January, due to favourable cropconditions.
12-03-2003
Edible oil imports in India up 3.7 percent
BOMBAY (March 12 2003) : Edible oil imports by India, the world's largestbuyer, rose 3.7 percent from a year earlier to 1.12 million tonnes inNovember-February, a trade body said on Tuesday.
12-03-2003
European vegetable oil trade picks-up
ROTTERDAM (March 12 2003) : Business on the European vegetable oils marketwas picked up in the afternoon as stronger CBOT soyaoil futures triggeredlate demand, market sources said.
12-03-2003
Malaysia plans to buy crude palm oil: Indonesia
JAKARTA (March 12 2003) : Malaysia plans to buy up to 100,000 tonnes permonth of Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) and re-sell it due to tightdomestic output, a leading Indonesian palm oil industry official said.