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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Malaysia, the second-biggest producer and exporter of palm oil after Indonesia, will enforce regulations to ensure that by 2021 its palm oil meets new food safety standards under consideration by the European Union, a minister said on Tuesday.

Most Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Tuesday as lack of significant progress in U.S.-China trade talks kept investors on the edge, while Malaysia slipped after the government announced new food safety standards for its vital palm oil industry.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must not stay silent nor hesitate to take countermeasures if importing countries choose to impose discriminatory trade barriers against palm oil-producing countries, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pix).

KUALA LUMPUR: Oil palm landowners with land over 100 acres risk getting their licence revoked if they fail to secure the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) Certification from next year onwards, says Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok.

KUALA LUMPUR: As haze blanketed large tracts of Southeast Asia last month, office workers with Genting Plantations Bhd in Jakarta were investigating the source of the choking smoke more than a 1,000km away.

AS we know, palm oil has brought a great deal of wealth to the country and its people for quite some time now.

THE Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) wants to fight discriminatory measures against palm oil through an “aggressive joint counter-campaign”.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today refuted claims that oil palm plantations are a major cause of deforestation, saying the crop is mainly planted in designated agricultural land.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Malaysian palm oil industry is facing “significant challenges” in complying with a national green certification standard by next year, with over a third of plantations yet to meet the sustainability standards, officials said on Monday.

Its Makouke plantation is the fourth to receive an RPSO certification. Olam International received a Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RPSO) certification for all of its palm plantations in Gabon by 2021, according to a press release.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 18): Three palm oil producing countries, namely Nigeria, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Honduras, are expected to join the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) in the near future.

NEW DELHI: Palm oil futures advanced to trade near a two-year high, with firmer petroleum prices and a rise in rival soybean oil supporting the market.