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12/03/2025 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The Ministry of Plantation and Commodities is urging oil palm plantation owners and companies to plan for replanting in order to sustain productivity with mature trees that provide optimal fresh fruit bunch (FFB) yields.

12/03/2025 (The Edge Malaysia) - DESPITE the difficulties some Malaysian companies have faced in the continent, Bidco Africa chairman Vimal Shah believes Malaysian palm oil players should consider expanding in Africa, given the scarcity of land for oil palm planting Malaysia, where the cap on the land allotted for the crop has been kept at 6.5 million hectares.

12/03/2025 (Business Today) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has developed two AI-powered applications, MySawit and Tekno Sawit, to support smallholders in managing their plantations more efficiently.

12/03/2025 (The Star), Petaling Jaya - Analysts expect the current low level of the domestic palm oil stockpile, which is below two million tonnes, will likely position crude palm oil (CPO) prices to stay on an uptrend in the next few months.

11/03/2025 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended mostly lower as sentiment weakened due to slower export pace, which dragged prices down, traders said.

11/03/2025 (Reuters), Mumbai - India's edible oil imports in February plunged to their lowest level in four years, led by declines in soyoil and sunflower oil imports, dragging inventories to their lowest level in three years, a leading industry body said on Tuesday.

11/03/2025 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil’s (CPO) continued premium over rival oils, such as soybean, is turning away Malaysian palm oil’s key buyers — India, the European Union and China — according to Gleanuk Economics.

11/03/2025 (Bernama), Petaling Jaya - Kenanga Research has maintained its “overweight” rating on the plantation sector, citing strong crude palm oil (CPO) prices and a persistent global supply deficit despite weaker exports.

11/03/2025 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures snapped three consecutive sessions of gains on Monday, weighed down by profit-taking, lower Chicago soyoil prices and as inventories fell less than expected amid a slowdown in exports.

10/03/2025 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s palm oil exports in February 2025 eased by 16.27% to 1.00 million tonnes, from 1.19 million tonnes in January 2025, said the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).

10/03/2025 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - A total of 4.89 million hectares (ha), or 86.47% of palm oil cultivation areas in Malaysia, have received certification under the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) standard as of Dec 31, 2024, demonstrating Malaysia’s commitment to sustainability.

10/03/2025 (Bloomberg) - The Indonesian government took over management of palm oil plantations seized from a corporation facing a graft probe, under an initiative that may be extended to other troubled commodity-production sites.