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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
RM20mil conservation fund
15/04/2008 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - Malaysia’s palm oil industry is burnishing its green image with a RM20mil wildlife conservation fund.
India\'s March edible oil imports up 32.6 pct y/y
16/04/2008 (Reuters), New Delhi - India, one of the world's leading buyers of edible oils, imported 421,686 tonnes of oils in March, almost a third more than a year earlier, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India said on Wednesday.
Vegetable oils import up 28% in March
16/04/2008 (The Hindu Business Line), Chennai - Import of vegetable oils, for cooking and industrial use, continued to rise and increased by 28 per cent in March, while overall shipments into the country during the current oil year (November 2007-October 2008) was up at 38 per cent.
India\'s Nov-Mar edible oil import rises about 38 pc
16/04/2008 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - The country has imported 22.64 lakh tons of edible oils in the last five months, nearly 38 per cent more over the same period last year, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India said on Wednesday.
PEC floats tenders for edible oil imports, NAFED for processing
17/04/2008 (The Financial Express), New Delhi - Following the government decision to cut import duties on edible oil for controlling the rising prices, state owned PEC has floated two tenders to import more than 22,000 tonne of edible.
India Nafed seeks refiners for processing edible oil
16/04/20089 (Reuters), Mumbai - The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) has sought interest from edible oil refiners for processing and packing of imported edible oils, it said on its Web site on Wednesday.
India keeps edible oil tariff values unchanged
16/04/2008 (Reuters), New Delhi (Reuters) - India left base import prices or tariff values unchanged for six palm group oils and crude soybean oil, the finance ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
Edible oil shortage feared as truckers resume strike
15/04/2008 (The News International, Pakistan), Karachi - The country might face shortage of edible oil in a few days as private transporters of palm oil have resumed an indefinite strike over inclusion of state-owned National Logistics Cell (NLC) in their business, The News learnt on Monday.
1st Malaysia-UAE Palm Oil Trade Fair & Seminar aims to further enhance business opportunities for Malaysian palm oil in the Gulf
14/04/2008 (Al Bawaba) - Global exports of Malaysian palm oil have reached 13.7 million tons, accounting for 26 per cent of the world’s oils and fats products consumption in 2007, which was recorded at 57.8 million tons, according to latest reports from the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC). As one of the product’s top destinations, the Middle East imported 1.4 million tons of Malaysian palm oil, which constituted 45 per cent of its overall imports of oils and fats products in the same year. With aims of further enhancing business opportunities in the Gulf, MPOC and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) have announced the first ‘Malaysia-UAE Palm Oil Trade Fair & Seminar’ (POTS) 2008, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Dubai Hotel from May 26 - 27, 2008.
