Berita Arkib
05-12-2018
Indonesia relaxes palm oil levy rules
JAKARTA: Indonesia has relaxed rules on levies for palm oil and derivative products effective immediately following a drop in prices, according to a finance ministry regulation uploaded on a government website on Wednesday.
05-12-2018
CIMB Research sees CPO trading RM1,700 to RM2,000 in December
KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Equities Research projects crude palm oil (CPO) prices to trade within the RM1,700 to RM2,000 per tonne range in December.
05-12-2018
Sustainable palm oil doesn't make the grade
From food and biofuels to cosmetics and detergents, palm oil is found in countless products these days. Demand for the oil has surged in the last decade—global usage went from 37 million metric tons in 2006 to 64.2 million in 2016—in part because it is cheap and, for a time, enjoyed a good-for-you reputation.
05-12-2018
Iceland’s banned palm oil commercial named most ‘powerful’ Christmas ad
Iceland's Christmas ad campaign, which went viral after being banned from broadcast, has been named as the ‘most powerful Christmas ad of 2018’ by Kantar Millward Brown.
05-12-2018
Weak CPO price drives some plantation counters into the red
THE plantation sector’s financial performance for the third quarter (3Q) ended Sept 30, 2018, was dragged by the depressed prices for crude palm oil (CPO) and palm products.
05-12-2018
Why the China-US trade war truce could be a raw deal for Brazil’s soybean farmers
Beijing’s pledge to buy more American agricultural products could turn a bumper Brazilian harvest into a global glut, analyst says
04-12-2018
Malaysian palm oil/Vegoils: Market factors to watch Tuesday Dec 4
The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Tuesday Dec 4.
04-12-2018
Govt urged to take seriously importers' concerns about palm oil
A researcher from Yayasan Kehati (Biodiversity Foundation) has called on stakeholders in the country’s palm oil business to listen to the aspirations of foreign buyers, who have voiced concern over the production of Indonesia’s flagship commodity
04-12-2018
Malaysian palm oil price slips nearly 2% on worries of high stockpiles
Malaysian palm oil futures fell nearly 2 percent at the close of trade on Monday after reaching a more than one-week peak, hit by concerns over high stockpiles and expectations that Indonesia would remove its palm oil export levy
04-12-2018
Smallholders feeling the pinch
DING wakes up at 6am and heads to his oil palm smallholding before joining his friends for breakfast at the coffeeshop in Ayer Tawar, Sitiawan
04-12-2018
Former envoys push for Taiwan-USA free trade agreement
US had a trade deficit of US$16.7 billion with Taiwan in 2017
04-12-2018
China grain traders await lower tariffs before U.S. return
China will need to drop steep tariffs it imposed on a range of American farm products earlier this year before it can fulfill its pledge to buy substantial volumes of U.S. goods, said Chinese traders on Monday.