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Malaysia’s Palm Oil Stocks Down 3.94 Pct To 2.7 Million Tonnes In February 2026 – MPOB
Palm tracks gains in Dalian and Chicago rival oils, stronger crude
CPO FUTURES RALLY ABOVE RM4,500 PER TONNE, HIGHEST SINCE OCTOBER LAST YEAR
CPO Futures Close Lower Amid Weaker Crude Oil, Soybean Oil Prices
Can Palm Oil Ever Be Sustainable?
Palm oil is often associated with tropical deforestation above all else. However, this is only one side of the story, as agricultural scientists from the University of Göttingen and the IPB University Bogor (Indonesia) show in a new study. The rapid expansion of oil palm has also contributed considerably to economic growth and poverty reduction in local communities, particularly in Asia. The study was published in the Annual Review of Resource Economics.
NST Leader: Better days ahead?
THERE is reason to cheer. India has resumed purchasing Malaysia's palm oil after a four-month lull — this, in the midst of fighting off the Covid-19 pandemic, is good news to oil palm growers.
Indonesia cuts 2020 palm oil export outlook by 12%
Jakarta, May 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia is likely to export 12% less palm oil in 2020 than previously expected, an official at the country's Estate Crop Fund (BPDP), a government agency in charge of collecting and managing palm oil export levies said on Wednesday.
Genting Plantations 1Q profit jumps more than twofold to RM91.3m on higher palm prices
KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Higher selling prices of palm products boosted Genting Plantations Bhd’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020 (1QFY20) by more than twofold to RM91.3 million, from RM41.68 million a year earlier.
Small oil palm farmers face survival crisis in risk to future output
KUALA LUMPUR: When Shell engineer Incham Serdin quit his job four years ago to start a small palm plantation in his native Malaysia, prices of the fleshy fruit bunches used to make the world's most-consumed vegetable oil were bubbling near their peak.
FAO vegetable oil price index falls to 8-month low
Decreases in prices of palm, soybean and rapeseed oils show through more strongly in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ price index than do increases in asking prices for sunflower oil. Consequently, the index declined for the third month running.
India resumes purchase of Malaysian palm oil, ending diplomatic row
KUALA LUMPUR: India has resumed purchasing Malaysian palm oil following a four-month gap sparked by a diplomatic row over the former Malaysian government administration's comments on the Jammu-Kashmir issue.
New dates set for B20 biodiesel programme implementation in Sabah, Sarawak
PUTRAJAYA: The implementation of the B20 biodiesel programme in Sabah and Sarawak’s transportation sector will be rescheduled to start from later dates in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Movement Control Order (MCO), said Primary Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali.
FGV to invest in RE projects
FGV Holdings Bhd is planning to focus on renewable-energy (RE) projects in an effort to boost its recovery strategy from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
