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KUALA LUMPUR: After suffering through the past two years from low crude palm oil (CPO) prices, plantation companies are beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel.

SYDNEY, Nov 18 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean futures edged higher on Monday, extending gains into a third session, as hopes grew that a trade deal between Washington and Beijing could be signed soon following a report of “constructive talks” over the weekend.

Malaysia signed a pact on Thursday for exports of palm oil to south Asia next year, amid uncertainty over trade with India after its dealers last month urged a boycott of palm oil from the southeast Asian nation.

KUALA LUMPUR: The move by France to delay until 2026 the end of palm oil’s tax advantages instead of next year is a piece of good news for palm oil-producing countries like Malaysia, Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok Suh Sim said.

KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) research stations have received the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification on July 31.

Malaysia has signed an agreement with a major supply chain manager for the export of palm oil next year to the South Asian region amid the recent spate with Indian oil associations as well as the European Union’s potential displacement of palm bio-fuels

After negotiating for about seven years, India decided to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) earlier this month. One argument used to justify the pull-out is that free trade agreements (FTAs) don’t amount to free trade

Malaysia strikes key palm oil partnership deals with two major supply chain managers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China to facilitate greater palm oil penetration in China, India and the Indian sub-continent.

Malaysian palm oil futures closed higher on Thursday, after two sessions of declines, as India resumed purchases of the vegetable oil after a month-long pause.

Negotiations for a free trade agreement between Cambodia and China, the second-biggest economy in the world, will begin next month, the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh announced yesterday.

The Mexican state of Campeche sits on the Yucatan Peninsula, a region renowned for its lush jungles and high biodiversity. But the state’s forests are being wiped out by agriculture and fire, threatening habitat for wildlife and the land indigenous communities need to survive

MALAYSIA’S rising demand for biodiesel has helped push the prices of crude palm oil (CPO) to levels last seen two years ago, offering some respite to a topsy-turvy year for the country’s key export commodity.