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Budget 2025 adjustments in export tax seen helping palm oil refining industry be more competitive
CPO FUTURES HIT TWO-YEAR HIGH ON BULLISH SENTIMENT, STRONG EXPORTS
CPO price strength could dissipate through end-2024, says BMI
CPO price forecast to climb for rest of the year
IOI Determining Whether to Build Biodiesel Plant in Malaysia or Netherlands
15/12/05 (Business Times) - IOI Corp Bhd yesterday confirmed it has plans to build its first biodiesel plant but remains undecided whether to venture big into the new sector.
Biofuels Technology Is Revolutionizing Brazil's Auto Industry
14/12/05 Sao Paulo (EFE Ingles)- The "flex fuel" technology developed and implemented in Brazil that allows a car to run on either gasoline or alcohol has revolutionized the local auto industry and caught the eye of other nations seeking to reduce the burning of hydrocarbons.
China to abolish import quotas on bean oil, palm oil, cole-seed oil
13/12/05 (Xinhua) - From Jan. 1, 2006, China will abolish the import quota and trade control on bean oil, palm oil and cole-seed oil, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday.
Greasing biodiesel's wheels with palm oil
13/12/05 (Peoria Journal Star) - Despite overt hints to Santa's elves that I own enough dress shirts and too many ties for someone who works at home, chances are nearly 100 percent that a swell new shirt and a very understated tie are in my immediate future.
US to Push for Global End of Farm Supports At WTO Ministerial
12/12/05 Kathryn McConnell Washington, DC ( AllAfrica.com) -- The United States will continue to pursue an ambitious effort to end within the World Trade Organization (WTO) a system of export subsidies supported by countries that produce such agricultural products as cotton, cocoa, palm oil and bananas, says Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Karan Bhatia.
Reduce sales tax: Agri Club
12/12/05 Tawau (Daily Express News) - Tawau Agriculture Club Chairman Teo Kim Sang has urged the Government to consider reducing the sales tax in the State to five per cent from 7.5 per cent until the price of crude palm oil (CPO) hits the RM1,500 per metric tonne mark.
Biodiesel players tie with MPOB
13/12/05 (The Star) - MALAYSIA'S pioneer biodiesel players Golden Hope Plantations Bhd (GHope), Kumpulan Fima Bhd and Carotino Sdn Bhd yesterday expressed strong confidence in their partnerships with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) to produce biodiesel.
China to Hold International Congress on Plant Biotechnology
13/12/05 (Comtex Global News) - BEIJING (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Sources from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have said that the International Congress of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology (ICPTC&B) will be held here in August 2006, setting up a platform for international academic exchanges.
Indian R & D Firm Rolls Out Unique Liquid Soap Adsorbant for Edible Oil Processing
12/12/05 (Soyatech.com) - For the first time in the history of the edible oil industry, a unique, liquid form of soap adsorbent has been introduced. This liquid soap adsorbent ("Sure 1000") has undergone extensive laboratory research and field trials, and it is being introduced by Venture Sci-Chem India.
