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15/06/2017 (The Star Online) - KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures bounced back on Wednesday from a 10-month low hit in the previous session, tracking a stronger performance in soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade and China's Dalian Commodity Exchange.

13/06/2017 (Mongabay.com) - The Norwegian parliament voted today to ban the public procurement and use if palm oil-based biofuel – possibly becoming the first country to do so.

14/06/2017 (Seeking Alpha) - As reported by Chain Reaction Research, the palm oil industry's transformation towards sustainability gained traction in 2013 when major purchaser Unilever engaged SE Asian refiners and traders to embrace 'No Deforestation' policies. As a result, in 2013, Wilmar was the first SE Asian refiner or trader to adopt a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) policy. Many other trading companies in SE Asia, Europe, U.S., and Latin America followed suit. Currently, most large international palm oil traders and refiners have NDPE policies.

14/06/2017 (The Economic Times) - NEW DELHI: Palm oil import rose 21.58 per cent to 7,99,346 tonnes in May because domestic vegetable oil output fell as farmers were reluctant to sell oilseeds below the minimum support price for processing, industry body Solvent Extractors Association (SEA) said today.

14/06/2017 (Hellenic Shipping News) - Malaysian palm oil exports during rose 17.33% on the month in May to 1.51 million mt, driven by Ramadan and Eid Ul Fitr festival demand from destination markets like Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Egypt, data from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board showed.

14/06/2017 (Food Ingredients First) - Some of the largest global players in palm oil have teamed up with NGOs to save orangutans endangered because of habitat loss, forming a new alliance to help the animals and other wildlife in landscapes impacted by the ever-increasing industry. The group includes leaders in palm oil such as Wilmar, Sime Darby and Musim Mas, together with the Orangutan Land Trust and a number of wildlife conservation experts and NGOs, to form the PONGO Alliance.

14/06/2017 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

14/06/2017 (Bernama) - The stalled Malaysia-European Union (EU) Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) talks will be resumed sooner, within this year, said EU Ambassador and Head of Delegation to Malaysia, Maria Castillo-Fernandez.

14/06/2017 (Business Daily) - The plan to sign a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between Kenya and Indonesia is set to move a step forward with the first high-level meeting in July.

14/06/2017 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils prices remained under pressure on Tuesday on back of slack demand amid bearish futures. Malaysian palm oil and Chicago soya oil futures show weak trend, keeping domestic futures down. On BCE barring soya oil and cotton oil which rose by ₹2 and ₹1 each all other edible oils rule flat.

14/06/2017 (Daily News & Analysis) - Crude palm oil prices fell 0.70 per cent to Rs 495.70 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators booked profits at prevailing higher levels amid fall in demand at the spot market.

14/06/2017 (Bloomberg) - India’s palm oil purchases probably climbed for a fourth straight month in May as a drop in global prices boosted demand amid a stronger local currency.