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16/10/2025 (Milling Middle East & Africa), Indonesia - Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of palm oil, is weighing new restrictions on crude palm oil (CPO) exports as part of its ambitious plan to expand domestic biodiesel production.

16/10/2025 (Phys Org) - Palm oil isn't inherently bad, and olive oil isn't inherently good, say conservation scientists in an opinion paper published in Cell Reports Sustainability.

16/10/2025 (Reuters), Jakarta - Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, is considering a plan to require international flights from Jakarta and Bali to use a 1% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blend starting from 2026, energy ministry official Edi Wibowo said on Thursday.

15/10/2025 (Ukr Agro Consult) - Crude palm oil (CPO) prices climbed to 4,520 ringgit (US$974) per ton on Monday, up 0.53 percent from the previous day, as tighter supply expectations and Indonesia’s expanding biodiesel mandate continued to support the market. The benchmark price has gained 1.69 percent over the past month and is 5.9 percent higher than a year ago, according to data from Trading Economics.

15/10/2025 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives rebounded on Wednesday, recovering from two consecutive days of losses to end mostly higher.

15/10/2025 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures inched lower for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, weighed down by weaker Dalian oils and crude oil prices.

15/10/2025 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - CB Industrial Product Holdings Bhd is divesting its stake in an Indonesian plantation unit through the sale of Admiral Potential Sdn Bhd (APSB), which owns a 94% stake in PT Jaya Jadi Utama (PT JJU), to London Stock Exchange-listed Anglo-Eastern Plantations Plc for RM38.25mil plus cash in the two subsidiaries.

15/10/2025 (The Edge Malaysia) - India’s palm oil imports in September dropped to their lowest since May as refiners shifted to cheaper soyoil, shipments of which hit a more than three-year high, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India said on Wednesday.

15/10/2025 (Jakarta Globe), Jakarta - Palm oil futures slipped below 4,500 ringgit per ton on Tuesday, extending losses for a third session as a stronger ringgit and rising inventories weighed on sentiment, even as Indonesia’s push toward higher biodiesel blending promised stronger demand ahead.

15/10/2025 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - A total of 5.13 million hectares of oil palm plantations nationwide have been certified under the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) scheme as of Aug 31, 2025, said Deputy Plantation and Commodities Minister Chan Foong Hin.

15/10/2025 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - China's decision to halt purchases of US soybeans for the current season is expected to depress soybean oil prices, thereby eroding the price competitiveness of crude palm oil (CPO), according to RHB Research.

14/10/2025 (Borneo Post Online), Kinabatangan - Around 50 representatives from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Malaysia had a hands-on experience during a two-day visit to the Sungai Pin Conservation Area (SPnCA) here starting Monday (Oct 13), held under the Global NISCOPS Learning Programme.