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MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  07-07-2022

Crackdown on smuggling of cooking oil to intensify

07/07/2022 (The Star Online), Klang - The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry will intensify enforcement to curb the smuggling and misappropriation of subsidised cooking oil to neighbouring countries.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  07-07-2022

Volatile CPO price on high stock levels

07/07/2022 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - High crude palm oil (CPO) stock levels have made prices volatile, with fears of the sharp price correction in commodities like wheat could trigger contract washouts and further exacerbate the price downtrend.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  07-07-2022

India’s July palm oil imports may surge to 10-month high

06/07/2022 (Free Malaysia Today), Mumbai - India’s palm oil imports in July are set to jump to the highest in 10 months because of a hefty correction in prices and as Indonesia allows more exports of the tropical oil, four dealers told Reuters.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  07-07-2022

Indonesia mulls more frequent setting of crude palm oil reference price

06/07/2022 (The Edge Markets), Jakarta - Indonesia is considering setting its crude palm oil (CPO) export reference price every two weeks instead of monthly, a senior Trade Ministry official said on Wednesday (July 6), aiming to adjust quicker to fast-changing international market prices.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  07-07-2022

CPO price expected to remain under pressure

06/07/2022 (Free Malaysia Today), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil (CPO) prices are expected to remain under pressure in the near term and trade in the RM4,000-RM5,000 per tonne range.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  07-07-2022

Insight - The path to decarbonisation with certified sustainable palm oil

06/07/2022 (The Star Online) - THE urgency to decarbonise has never been greater. While crude palm oil prices are projected to trade at a healthy RM5,000 per tonne in the first half of 2022, palm oil’s climate impact – deforestation, draining of peat swamps, land clearance by burning, biodiversity loss – is less rosy.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  07-07-2022

Oil palm smallholders eager to shift to agroforestry

06/07/2022 (New Straits Times), Kota Kinabalu - Oil palm smallholders in Tongod district are keen to shift to agroforestry (cultivation of fruit and rubber trees), said Forever Sabah in a statement today upon the completion of a two-year pilot project.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  07-07-2022

Palm oil downstreaming main key in agro-based industries: Ministry

06/07/2022 (Antara News) - Expert staff of the Industry Ministry Andi Rizaldi stated that the program to downstream the palm oil sector was an important key in the downstream policy of agro-based industries.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  06-07-2022

Palm oil sets nine-month low on strong exports, bloated reserves

06/07/2022 (The Edge Markets), Singapore - Palm oil plummeted to the lowest since September, taking its losses to 15% since Friday, on top producer Indonesia's move to boost exports after a temporary ban and expectations of a jump in Malaysian stockpiles.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  06-07-2022

Indonesia raises palm oil export quota as farmers face 'emergency'

05/07/2022 (The Star Online), Jakarta - Indonesia has raised the palm oil export quota in a bid to cut soaring inventories of the edible oil, a Trade Ministry official said on Tuesday, as a council member in a plantation area warned farmers faced an "emergency" due to tumbling prices.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  06-07-2022

Malaysia end-June palm oil stocks hit 7-month high as exports drop

05/07/2022 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's palm oil inventories at end-June likely climbed to their highest levels in seven months, as exports plunged following top producer Indonesia's return to the export market, a Reuters survey showed on Tuesday.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  06-07-2022

Felcra distributes RM153m in profits to 75,800 participants

06/07/2022 (The Malaysian Reserve) - FELCRA Bhd announced an interim distributable profit payment 1/2022 totalling RM153 million to its 75,800 participants nationwide this year.