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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
India May Reduce Edible Oil Duty Further, Nath Says
31/03/2008 (Bloomberg) - India, the world's biggest buyer of vegetable oil after China, may further cut edible oil import duties to ensure local supplies and contain inflation.
India to look at duty cuts on food items
31/03/2008 (Business Spectator, Australia), New Delhi - Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath said the government was looking to cut duties on food items to rein in rising prices.
Without biofuel crude prices could be $150-200
26/03/2008 (Commodity Online), Singapore - What would have been the crude oil price now with out the limited production of biodiesel. It would have reached $150-200 per barrel.
Shahrir: Cap on cooking oil price must remain
30/03/2008 (NST Online), Johor Baru - Consumers will suffer if the ceiling on the price of cooking oil is lifted to help oil palm producers.
Talks on redistribution of subsidies
30/03/2008 (The Star Online), Johor Baru - The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry will set up a meeting with the National Price Council to discuss the redistribution of subsidies.
\'Be firm with palm oil companies\'
27/03/2008 (The Star Online), Miri - Local council authorities in Sarawak have been directed to be very firm and uncompromising when collecting levies from oil-palm plantation companies.
Tariff changes won\'t cure agriculture inflation
28/03/2008 (Business Spectator, Australia) - Increasing market intervention by national governments through changes in import and export tariffs, presumably to rein in prices, will at best distort trade in agricultural commodities and won\'t be an effective weapon against inflation, industry participants said Thursday.
Global palm oil gains 9% on Customs duty cut
26/03/2008 (The Hindu Business Line), Chennai - Crude palm oil had peaked to $1,486 a tonne on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange on March 4. By March 19, it had shed 25 per cent of the gains to slip to $1,064.20. Then, on March 20, the Centre announced a cut in Customs duty on all crude and refined cooking oils, except soyabean oil, as part of its effort to rein in inflation.
Malaysian oil palm growers say levy on CPO hurting margins - report
26/08/2008 (Forbes), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's oil palm industry is urging the government to abolish the scheme that requires industry players to subsidize the price of cooking oil, which has put a dent in their margins, the New Straits Times reported Thursday.
