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Malaysia has agreed to place a tax-free exemption on crude palm oil (CPO) from May 1 to Dec 31, 2019. Currently, CPO exports from Malaysia enjoy zero export tax as the CPO price is below RM2,250 per tonne. The move is expected to encourage CPO exports to African countries, Middle Eastern nations, and Russia, all of which are interested in buying Malaysian CPO.

Neste wants to start selling its My Renewable biodiesel on the Estonian market this summer, which is allegedly produced from 100 percent renewable sources, but in order to do so, requirements drawn up by Estonia's Ministry of the Environment first need to be approved at the EU level.

Walking up to Abang Man’s oil palm plantation on the outskirts of Kampung Jerlun, Kuala Kangsar, it’s clear the roads – they’re narrow and treacherous – are a major problem for him.

The ongoing transformation of Sarawak Plantation Bhd

Malaysian palm oil futures reversed earlier gains to close 1 percent down on Friday, falling on bearish production outlooks to chart the biggest weekly drop since early November.

The increasing cost of living, shrinking ringgit, falling palm oil prices and unfulfilled elections promises seem to be the talked about issues among Malaysians.

After Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and President Xi Jinping held a Malaysia-China bilateral meeting on April 25, a journalist who had worked in Beijing for four years Whatsapped me a photograph of both leaders greeting each other happily.

Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are likely to trade within a tight range of between RM2,050 and RM2,150 a tonne next week on lack of fresh leads, said a dealer.

Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok (pic) is leading a palm oil economic and promotion mission from May 3-13 to London (United Kingdom), Brussels (Belgium), Berlin (Germany), and Rome (Italy).

By refinancing a RM595.5mil facility tied to the Children’s Specialist Hospital located at Hospital UKM in Kuala Lumpur, the government has saved some RM80mil.

A delegation of indigenous representatives from Sarawak is currently in Europe to “expose the Malaysian palm oil industry’s detrimental practices”, the Swiss-based Bruno Manser Fund said in a statement today.

Nestlé the world’s largest food and beverage corporation, says that by 2020 there will be no more deforestation linked to its products and embedded in its supply chains. That’s an ambitious goal for the Swiss multinational, which now is making progress by monitoring oil palm plantations from the sky