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Palm oil prices could reach US$1,500/tonne as B50 and El Niño tighten supply
Malaysia: Palm oil prices rise ahead of key May production report
Palm oil prices rose on Monday
Malaysian palm oil exports to face pressure from Indonesian push
Argentina's 30,000-tn crude soyoil shipment to rea
18/03/05 - A 30,000-tonne crude soyoil consignment from Argentina islikely to reach Kandla port in Gujarat in the middle of April, industrysources said Friday.
Book By Tan Sri Basir Ismail Supports Better Land
KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- The need to maintain the economicunits of smallholdings prompted Malaysian Palm Oil Board chairman Tan SriBasir Ismail to write a book entitled "Land Agricultural Policy: AMismatch".
Indonesia lobbies hard for cut in India's palm oil
3/19/05 - Indonesia is lobbying hard with the Indian government to cutthe latter's palm oil import duty by 20 percentage points, a seniorIndonesian government official said Friday.
Indonesia to protest hike in Indian palm oil duty
Mumbai , March 20 - UPSET with last month's steep hike in the customs dutyon palm group of oils, Indonesia, world's second largest producer andexporter, has decided to lodge a protest on the ground that the Indianduty structure favours soyabean oil and discriminates against palm oil.
Japanese firm Nisshin Oillio to begin exporting fa
3/16/2005 Nikkei English News TOKYO -- Nisshin Oillio Group Inc. will infiscal 2005 start overseas sales of value-added edible oil products thathelp prevent the buildup of cholesterol and fat, company officials said.
Level Playing Field Not Possible With Subsidies
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Bernama) -- The call for a "level playing field" inagriculture could only be achieved if major players provide the necessaryleadership, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk PeterChin, said on Thursday.
Lion Forest in Indon oil palm venture
Saturday March 19, 2005 - LION Forest Industries Bhd has entered into ajoint venture with Pemerintah Kabupaten Malinau (PKM) to develop 40,000haof oil palm plantation and build two crude palm oil mills in MalinauRegency, Kalimantan Timur.
Malaysia seeks US partners to make biodiesel
16-03-2005 - Malaysia, the world's biggest producer of palm oil, wants topartner with US firms to produce and market biodiesel for the automotiveindustry, Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin was quoted as saying onMarch 15.
Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok buys KTV Oil Mills fo
3/18/05 - Billionaire Robert Kuok has acquired KTV Oil Mills, a largeedible oil company in South India, to introduce imported oil under its owninternational brand name. The deal, worth around Rs 80-crore, is thesecond-largest in the sector, after Bunge took over HLL’s Dalda. But don’tthink of the buyers as barbarians at the gate.
