KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysia's palm oil exports for July 1-20totaled 704,061 metric tons, up 11.9% from the 629,233 tons exported inthe first 20 days of June, cargo surveyor SGS (Malaysia) Bhd. saidTuesday.The figure is higher than another estimate earlier Tuesday from IntertekTesting Services but within market expectations.Intertek estimated July 1-20 exports at 683,903 tons.The following are the details of the major items in the SGS estimate.

July 1-20 June 1-20RBD Palm OleinRBD Palm OilRBD Palm StearinCrude Palm Oil 339,76764,79374,97676,600 271,28265,39271,87255,816

Major importers of Malaysian palm oil:

July 1-20 June 1-20European UnionChinaUnited StatesIndiaPakistan 147,564161,28637,25919,95076,050 138,063132,24137,63466,41148,900

SGS Malaysia is a division of Swiss-based Societe Generale deSurveillance Group.

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