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Palm oil is ubiquitous in the Indian market – from the government’s public distribution system to products of our daily use such as shampoo, cosmetics, soap, detergents, toothpaste and edible products like biscuits, cooking oil, snacks, chocolate, instant noodles, packaged bread and more. Behind the scenes though is a complex supply chain, riddled with environmental issues, which consumers of palm oil may not be aware of. The Indian industry has also been looking at the sustainable palm oil supply chain due to various factors including pressure from environmental groups.

Malaysia’s crude palm oil (CPO) production is expected to rise only marginally in the next few months, while exports are expected to pick up, state agency the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) said on Thursday.

EU use of palm oil to make biodiesel is forecast to decline in the 2021 marketing year (July-June), as high feedstock prices will hamper production from Spain, the US Department of Agriculture said in its annual EU biofuels report.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia’s crude palm oil (CPO) production is expected to rise only marginally in the next few months, while exports are expected to pick up, state agency the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) said on Thursday

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): The Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) has urged the European Union (EU) to revise their approach on vegetable oils in biofuels under the framework of Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II).

`PETALING JAYA: Upstream oil palm planters and integrated plantation companies with operations in Indonesia are poised to be prime beneficiaries of the republic’s proposal to reduce its palm oil export levies.

(THE CONVERSATION) Palm oil is everywhere today: in food, soap, lipstick, even newspaper ink. It’s been called the world’s most hated crop because of its association with deforestation in Southeast Asia. But despite boycott campaigns, the world uses more palm oil than any other vegetable oil – over 73 million tons in 2020.

SINGAPORE: Palm oil may bounce into the range of 3,746 ringgit to 3,844 ringgit per tonne, before turning around and falling towards a zone of 2,927 ringgit to 3,232 ringgit next quarter.

ISLAMABAD: Palm oil imports increased by 40.61 percent during the first eleven months of the current fiscal year against the imports of the same period of last year.

The nationwide implementation of B20 biodiesel was supposed to happen in June 2021, which is now. In January this year, the target was pushed forward to early 2022. Now, we’re looking at another delay.

Malaysian palm oil futures ended over 1% higher on Wednesday, lifted by signs of improving demand and strength in rival edible oils, but gains were capped by estimates of rising output.

The tricky task of maintaining regional economic unity may come to the fore when Cambodia takes over the ASEAN chair from Brunei next year