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MPOB Monthly Report Imminent: Malaysia's Palm Oil Stockpiles May Surge Past 2.6 Million Tonnes as Strong El Niño Fuels Distant-Month Supply Cut Expectations
Malaysia’s palm oil stocks rise in July despite 14.5pc jump in exports
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
CPO futures end mostly higher on soybean oil gains
Int’l market palm oil price falls by 70 pc
05/11/2008 (The News, International) - International market palm oil price during March-October plummeted by 70 percent.
Palm oil sector could gain from lifting of fertiliser duty
05/11/2008 (Business Times) - MALAYSIA'S palm oil industry, the second largest producer of the commodity, could get a respite from low margins thanks to a government move to scrap import duty on fertilisers, Affin Investment Bank said today.
What is destroying our rainforests? Greed, palm oil
05/11/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - The establishment of oil-palm plantations in Kalimantan and Sumatra poses the greatest threat to orangutans today. In fact, the clearing of forest and the establishment of oil-palm plantations has a negative impact not only on orangutan populations but also on climate, the water cycle, carbon emissions and livelihoods in local communities.
Additional steps to help planters cope with costs
05/11/2008 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The push for oil palm replanting, abolishment of 5% import duty on fertilisers and a 15% cut in fertiliser prices under the economic stabilisation plan are seen as additional measures to help planters cope with rising costs of production.
Fancy using cooking oil for your car engine?
05/11/2008 (NST Online) - Would you believe that palm oil-based cooking oil could be used as an engine lubricant for your automobile?
Govt to find B3.3bn to shore up palm oil
05/11/2008 (Bangkok Post) - The government has pledged to find 3.3 billion baht to shore up the price of palm oil, which has plunged 64% from its March record on concerns about the slowing global economy.
Non-brand edible oil prices rise
05/11/2008 (The Daily) - Prices of non-brand edible oil increased by Tk 5-10 per litre in city markets in the last three days.
Palm oil agreement could lead to logging moratorium
04/11/2008 (Telegraph.co.uk) - The view that the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is merely a way of making companies appear politically correct without making difference to de-forestation could be about to change if agreement on an important new resolution is reached.
INTERVIEW-Indonesia\'s end-08 palm oil stocks seen up 67 pct
04/11/2008 (Reuters), Jakarta - Stocks of crude palm oil in Indonesia, the world's largest producer of the commodity, could swell 67 percent this year, boosted by higher output and defaults by foreign buyers, an industry official said on Tuesday.
