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KOTA KINABALU: The 16th Annual Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Palm Oil has closed its curtains yesterday with over 850 representatives from the global palm oil industry agreeing to a newly ratified and adopted certification standard.

KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday Nov 15.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell below the 2,000 ringgit level for the first time in three years on Wednesday, weighed down by losses in related edible oils on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange and lower than forecast year-end inventory levels.

GUANGZHOU, China/ BEIJING (Nov 14): Malaysian palm oil futures are expected to rebound next year after an extended slide through 2018 if an El Nino weather pattern predicted by experts reduces production, industry analyst Dorab Mistry said on Wednesday.

PUTRAJAYA (Nov 14): The Primary Industries Ministry has called for more research and development (R&D) on Oil Palm Trunk (OPT) as an alternative material for plywood production.

KOTA KINABALU (Nov 14): It is important to put facts above perception with regards to the image of palm oil that has been said to be “bad for health” especially among European consumers, says United Plantations Bhd Chief Executive Director Datuk Carl Bek-Nielsen.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 14): Malaysian palm oil imports from neighbouring producer Indonesia almost doubled in the past month and the import trend looks set to extend throughout November, despite local stocks that are near historical highs, industry sources said.

GUANGZHOU, China/BEIJING (Nov 14): India's vegetable oils imports for 2018/19 are seen at 15.497 million tonnes, up from 15.013 million tonnes a year ago, according to Bhavna Shah, Country Representative in India/Sri Lanka for Malaysian Palm Oil Concil (MPOC).

PARIS (Nov 14): The French government on Wednesday set out plans to tackle the problem of deforestation, saying it would look to curb imports of products such as palm oil, soy, and beef which it said contributed to the problem of forest areas disappearing.

KOTA KINABALU (Nov 14): The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has proposed a new standard exclusively for independent smallholders, to promote greater inclusion into the RSPO system.

Palm oil can be found in food and cosmetics everywhere: in fact, half of the world's population uses palm oil in food. But public awareness about the loss of wildlife through deforestation caused by palm oil crops is growing, and there's mounting pressure on retailers to reduce their sales of palm oil products, or boycott them altogether.

KUALA LUMPUR: FGV Holdings Bhd and China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) will work together to expand palm oil futures delivery regionally.