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FGV may see earnings fall over 50pct annually from expanded SST
CIMB: India's duty cut, low stocks seen boosting Malaysian palm oil exports
Palm Oil Market Set for Strong Growth to USD 106.5 Billion by 2032 Amid Rising Sustainability Focus
CPO Futures End Lower for Second Straight Day On Oversupply Concerns
New rule on tankers may raise palm oil transportation tariffs
9/1/07 JAKARTA (Antara): The Indonesian Palm Oil Businessmen Association (Gapki) has feared that new rule on the use of tankers with double-wall holds would raise the palm oil transportation tariffs by 20 percent.
Soybean Prices May Be Poised for Major Increase
9/1/2007 (soyatech.com)-- Bloomberg News reports that soybean prices may be headed for the biggest jump in three decades as farmers plant more fields with corn. U.S. farmers are preparing to sow the fewest acres of soybeans in 10 years.
JADE Crude Palm Oil Futures Contract Receives Regulatory Approval and JADE Management Team Expands with Appointment of CEO
4/1/07 SINGAPORE (PRNewswire) -- Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) is pleased to announce the approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) of its second product, Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Futures Contract. In consultation with market participants, the CPO futures contract is targeted for launch in the first quarter of 2007.
Malaysian company to produce bio-fuel from nipah palm
7/1/07 (AP)KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian company is building what it says is the world's first plant to commercially produce ethanol from nipah palm trees, with the product aimed mainly for export to countries looking for alternatives to gasoline, its chairman said Saturday.
Maintain status quo on vegetable oil duties
7/1/07 (NewKarala.com) Mumbai - Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEAI) has asked the government to maintain a status quo on the vegetable oil duty structure to ensure better profitability to farmers.
Oil prices edge higher before US inventories, after 4.5 percent drop
4/1/07 LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices have climbed slightly, trading above 58 dollars before publication of official data on the level of US energy stockpiles and after plunging to six-week lows a day earlier.
Pioneer to Build 1.4 Billion Ringgit Biofuel Plant in Malaysia
6/1/07 (Bloomberg) -- Pioneer Bio Industries Corp., a Malaysian biotechnology company, will spend 1.4 billion ringgit ($400 million) to build an ethanol plant in northern Perak state that will extract the fuel from the nipah palm tree.
Govt cuts import duty on edible oil from South Asian countries
2/1/07 New Delhi, (Newkarala.com) - The government has cut the import duty on crude and refined edible oil from the six neighbouring countries in South Asia.
Palm oil producers facing more demanding costumers
30/12/06 (The Jakarta Post) - The fourth Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) session, which was held recently in Singapore, clearly shows that while the demand for crude palm oil, including for bio-diesel fuel, will continue to increase in coming years, it is just a matter of time for CPO producers to face more demanding consumers. Of course they want cheaper price but better quality.