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Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin has called on Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok to learn from Datuk Seri Najib Razak in promoting and selling Malaysia’s palm oil amid the current opposition towards the commodity in Europe.

India on Tuesday raised with China its concerns over the widening trade deficit and doubts over the Beijing-proposed free trade pact, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Wednesday from a four-month high hit in the previous session and were set to snap a three-day rally, due to overnight weakness in crude oil prices and profit booking by investors.

Palm oil would remain bearish in 2019 with some support in Q1, Rabobank's latest commodities price forecast report released Tuesday showed.

Malaysia is committed to bring a Government and business delegation, including Khazanah Nasional Bhd, to Palestine to explore potential collaborations in Islamic finance, agriculture and renewable energy

One of Europe's most influential thought leaders on sustainable development, writer and broadcaster Jonathon Porritt, on the need to support certification programmes that deliver zero deforestation.

In 2018, international prices of all major cereals rose steadily while those of other tracked commodities declined, with sugar dropping the most, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Futures contracts of all constituents of the edible oil basket declined today, giving up gains from the previous session. The February contract of soybean on the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange settled around 2% lower due to tepid buying at higher price levels, analysts said.

Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains to a more than four-month high on Tuesday evening, supported by bullish price forecasts at an industry conference over the weekend and strength in U.S. soyoil.

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent bulletin is peppered with errors, omissions, assumptions and totally biased, according to theoilpalm.org latest posting.

Benchmark palm oil prices are expected to rise to RM2,400 a tonne by end-March, according to forecasts by industry analyst Dorab Mistry, as the market has "bottomed out".

Indonesian palm oil prices are forecast to rise to as high as US$600 a tonne amid rising demand from the food and energy sector, slowing production growth and falling global palm and vegetables oil stockpiles, said industry analyst Thomas Mielke.