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KUALA LUMPUR: A meeting between ministers of Malaysia and India this week, at which they were expected discuss palm oil exports, “has fallen through due to both parties’ busy schedules”, the ministry of international trade and industry said today.

Thousands of tonnes of refined palm oil are delayed or stuck at various Indian ports after the world’s biggest edible oil buyer placed restrictions on imports amid a diplomatic row with key supplier Malaysia, multiple sources told Reuters.

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 — The Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India said it has not received any reports of refined palm oil cargoes from Malaysia being held up at India’s ports due to customs clearance.

WWF scorecard shows a quarter of companies, mostly based in Asia, have yet to make commitments to purchase sustainable palm oil.

LANGKAWI (Reuters): Malaysia will not take retaliatory trade action against India over its boycott of palm oil purchases amid a political row between the two countries, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures recovered from last week’s sharp fall to edge higher on Monday as rival soybean oil firmed, though worries about demand from top edible oil buyer India capped gains.

KUALA LUMPUR: India’s palm oil imports grew almost 11% in December compared with that in the previous month but the country’s purchases from Malaysia declined.

KUALA LUMPUR/NEW DELHI: India's trade minister will not meet with his Malaysian counterpart in Davos next week because of his tight schedule, an Indian trade ministry official said on Sunday (Jan 19), as a spat simmers between the top buyer of palm oil and its biggest supplier.

KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil (CPO) prices showed signs of weakness last week, retreating from a three-year peak of around RM3,100, but analysts believe this could just be temporary.

In what has become an insightful annual event on edible oil, the fifth Pakistan Edible Oil Conference was held earlier this month in Karachi. Gracing the occasion was Malaysia's Primary Industries minister, Madam Teresa Kok, who took out time for a quick interview with BR Research at the sidelines of the conference.

GLOBAL interest in monetising biological resources, or biomass, has surged in recent years. Many countries are looking to this renewable resource as a way to help reduce global warming, thereby mitigating the climate crisis. As the world strives for green growth, as defined by the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (these are 17 global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”), biomass has suddenly become a valuable resource.

TIME and again we hear of attempts and calls by certain countries to boycott Malaysian palm oil, both refined and crude, over too many reasons. Two most obvious reasons are claims of deforestation and unsustainability.