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06-10-2023
MPOB: Efforts being made to help more palm oil smallholders meet MSPO requirements
05/10/2023 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - The Ministry of Plantations and Commodities and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) are intensifying efforts to enable more palm oil smallholders to comply with the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification (MSPO) scheme.
06-10-2023
'CPO prices expected to move past RM4,000 a tonne in 2024'
05/10/2023 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - RHB Investment Bank Research (RHB IB Research) expects crude palm oil prices to move past RM4,000 per tonne in 2024.
06-10-2023
Strategic Shift to Secure Malaysia’s Palm Oil Industry
05/10/2023 (Lokmat Times), New Delhi – In a bid to safeguard Malaysia’s palm oil industry against the risks associated with overreliance on a single market, Belvinder Kaur Sron, CEO of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), has urged a strategic shift towards exploring other high-potential markets for palm oil exports. This call to diversify comes as Malaysia’s oil industry faces the need to adapt to evolving global regulations and market preferences.
06-10-2023
Palm ends lower on weaker demand from top buyers India, China
05/10/2023 (Business Recorder), New Delhi - Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower on Thursday due to a drop in overseas demand for the tropical oil from top buyers such as India and China.
06-10-2023
Ministry to identify recipients of cooking oil subsidy from DOSM data
05/10/2023 (Free Malaysia Today), Petaling Jaya - The government will rely on data which the statistics department (DoSM) is currently reviewing when setting the limit of subsidised cooking oil packets for B40 and M40 households, Fuziah Salleh said.
06-10-2023
India’s edible oil imports down 19% in September
05/10/2023 (The Star Online), Mumbai - India’s imports of edible oil fell 19% in September from August’s record as refiners curtailed purchases of palm oil by 26% after inventories jumped to a record, according to five dealers.
05-10-2023
Sarawak plantation owners want govt to review palm oil windfall profit levy
04/10/2023 (The Borneo Post), Kuching - It is imperative for the government to review the current policy of imposing the windfall profit levy on palm oil, said the Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa).
05-10-2023
Govt aims to triple palm oil production by 2030
04/10/2023 (Financial Express) - The government is aiming to increase domestic palm oil production from current level of 0.35 million tonne (MT) to a MT by 2030 under the national oil palm mission through adding at least 0.1 million hectare (MH) of new plantation annually in the five to six years, according to a leading industry official.
05-10-2023
3F Oil Palm signs Rs 550 crore pact with Andhra for plantation, processing
05/10/2023 (Business Standard) - Palm oil company 3F Oil Palm on Wednesday said it has inked an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh government to invest Rs 550 crore over next five years for oil palm plantation, development and processing.
05-10-2023
Plans to expand B10 programme, slash windfall tax lift CPO futures higher
04/10/2023 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives extended modest gains on Wednesday due to the government’s plan to expand the B10 biodiesel programme and its proposal to reduce the windfall levy.
05-10-2023
VEGOILS-Palm ends higher for second session on stronger rival oils
04/10/2023 (Nasdaq), New Delhi - Malaysian palm oil futures closed higher on Wednesday, extending gains to a second session after two days of losses, supported by stronger rival oils.
05-10-2023
Malaysia's end-September palm oil stocks seen at 11-month high on rising output
04/10/2023 (Channel News Asia), Jakarta - Malaysia's palm oil stocks at the end of September likely rose to the highest since October 2022, amid higher output despite increased exports, a Reuters survey showed on Wednesday.