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Malaysia's total palm oil stocks surge 24.54% to 3.51mil tonnes in Sept
CPO Futures Close Lower On Weaker Soybean Oil Prices
Palm oil falls to 11-week low on weak exports, rising output
CPO Futures End Lower In Line With Weak Regional Vegetable Oil Markets
Go-ahead for £18m palm oil plant in Mersey docklands
16/02/2009 (LDP Business) - A PALM oil processing facility will be built in the Mersey docklands in a scheme worth £18m.
Activists denounce plan to allow palm oil firms in peatlands
16/02/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - Environmental activists have mounted a challenge against the government’s plan to allow palm oil companies to set up plantations in the country’s remaining peatlands.
BAAC to help rubber, oil palm farmers
15/02/2009 (Bangkok Post) - The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) planned to allocate a budget of 12 billion baht to help lift the sinking prices of para rubber and oil palm prices, BAAC senior executive vice president Ennoo Suesuwan said on Sunday.
Whole Foods bans unsustainable palm oil from its products
24/02/2009 (Mongabay.com) - Whole Foods pledges to use only sources of palm oil that have been independently verified and certified to meet environmental and social sustainability criteria in its private label brand products by 2012.
Heavy veg oil imports force distress sale
13/02/2009 (The Economic Times, India), Mumbai - MUMBAI: A glut of edible oil following heavy imports is forcing traders to sell their stock at a loss. Following this, fresh imports have already slowed down according to the trade and industry people.
Edible oil companies keen to buy plantations overseas
13/02/2009 (Business Standard, India) - The domestic edible oil industry is looking to acquire palm plantations in Malaysia/Indonesia since prices of such plantations have crashed by 50-60 per cent in the past 5-6 months following a fall in palm oil prices.
Declining Stockpiles in Malaysia Lifts Palm Oil Futures for 2nd Straight Week
13/01/2009 (The Jakarta Globe), Singapore - Palm oil futures in Malaysia headed for a second week of gains as stockpiles in the world’s second- biggest producer of the commodity dropped to a nine-month low.
India Buy More Palm Oil From Malaysia
12/02/2009 (Bernama), New Delhi - India's Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has assured that the country will import more palm oil from Malaysia, which is now a leading exporter to the sub-continent economy.
Malaysian Exports Post Biggest Drop in Almost 7 Years
12/02/2009 (Bloomberg) - Malaysia’s exports fell the most in almost seven years in December as electronics and commodities sales slid amid dwindling global orders.
