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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.

SINGAPORE, Nov 15 — It can be the world's largest trade pact, but Malaysia will not sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) if it does not constitute a fair deal.

KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday Nov 14.

MUMBAI (Nov 13): India's palm oil imports are unlikely to climb over November to January even as prices for the commodity plumb their lowest in three years, reined in by ample local supply of rival oilseeds and as a liquidity crunch hits would-be buyers, traders said.

The once booming oil palm industry is facing severe challenges today, as prices drop drastically in addition to an oversupply of domestic inventory.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell over 1 per cent on Tuesday evening to trade around three-year lows, tracking weakness in crude oil and on existing concerns over high palm stocks.

JAKARTA (Nov 13): While production in November is likely to be lower than a month earlier, it will still be relatively elevated and probably lead to higher stockpiles, Ong Chee Ting, Maybank Kim Eng analyst writes in Nov 13 report.