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Recently, Indonesia was faced with a problematic issue relating to the crude-palm-oil (CPO) industry as the European Union announced plans to ban the importation of the commodity

Oleochemicals have so many functions. It is high time for us to have a look because we have all these resources and our palm oil industry is growing

Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for September fell 19.6% to 1,316,670 tonnes from 1,637,752 tonnes shipped in August

China hopes Beijing and Washington will resolve their trade dispute "with a calm and rational attitude", Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said on Sunday, ahead of talks in two weeks between the two sides.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) arbitrators will finalise a 15-year old dispute brought on by the US against the European Governments to compensate for what they say are illegal subsidies granted to the plane maker Airbus

It’s no longer a probability, it’s a reality: the escalating US-China trade war and the strengthening dollar appear to be inflicting measurable damage on US goods makers that rely on global markets.

RCEP is a proposed mega trade pact between the 10 Asean members, India, Australia, China, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand. According to initial estimates, it accounts for 25% of global gross domestic product, 30%

Indonesian palm oil groups expect their refining businesses to remain weak until the end of the year following the government’s decision to extend its suspension of export levies, industry officials said.

Palm oil from an illegal plantation inside an Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans has found its way into the supply chains of major consumer brands including Unilever and Nestle, according to a U.S.-based environmental group

Using the United Nations as his stage, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad made his case against attempts to ban the import of palm oil, describing it as a classic case of blocking free trade.

Benchmark palm oil prices may rise to 2,500 ringgit ($597) a tonne by March 2020, according to forecasts by industry analyst Dorab Mistry, as dry weather across Southeast Asia limits output of the edible oil.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) is proposing three wish list items for the government in its 2020 Budget to safeguard the wellbeing of the oil palm industry as well as the 650,000 smallholders while improving the country’s revenue from the agriculture sector.