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Labour issues plaguing the Malaysian palm oil industry must be tackled with an increased level of mechanisation, urged an industry expert.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s palm oil stockpile dropped by six per cent decline to 2.32 million tonnes last month.

KUCHING: Malaysia palm oil stocks at end-March was higher than most expected on stronger production in Sarawak.

Responding to the news that Iceland is banning palm oil from its own brand products, Dr Jake Bicknell and Dr Matthew Struebig argue that the plan could backfire. Both hail from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Biology (DICE) within the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): Malaysian palm oil futures were lower in late trade on Wednesday, recording a third straight day of losses, on the back of weaker related edible oils on the U.S. Chicago Board of Trade and China's Dalian Commodity Exchange.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The governments of Indonesia and Ghana have agreed to cooperate against the negative campaign on palm oil.

Maintain neutral: Inventories fell 6.2% month-on-month (m-o-m) (+49.6% year-on-year [y-o-y] in March to 2.32 million tonnes versus consensus estimates of 2.28 million tonnes. Despite seeing a strong rebound in production after dropping for four straight months, exports grew at a larger pace. Stock-to-usage ratio slipped from 13.9% to 10.9%.

Kuala Lumpur : Malaysian palm oil futures fell in early trade on Wednesday, in line for a third straight day of losses, on the back of weaker related edible oils on the U.S. Chicago Board of Trade and China´s Dalian Commodity Exchange.

Crude palm oil prices eased further 0.25 per cent to Rs 644.50 per 10 kg in futures market today as speculators engaged in reducing their positions, taking negative cues from spot market on muted demand.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s crude palm oil (CPO) exports are expected to remain strong this month, following a strong performance in March, according to analysts.

The UK supermarket Iceland has announced it will remove palm oil from all its own brand products by the end of the year due to the belief there is no such thing as "sustainable" palm oil.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's total palm oil stocks in March 2018 slipped by 6.24 per cent to 2.32 million tonnes against 2.48 million tonnes in February 2018.