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06/12/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysia's exports in October fell 8.6 percent from a year earlier, the biggest drop since April 2015, government data showed on Wednesday.

06/12/2016 (Indonesia Investment) - Indonesia's Industry Ministry selected the industrial estate in Berau (East Kalimantan) as the center for the downstream palm oil industry in Kalimantan. Furthermore, Panggah Susanto, the Industry Ministry's Director General for Agriculture industry, said the government proposes to select Berau as one of the palm oil centers within the Palm Oil Green Economic Zone (POGEZ) scheme. Berau is chosen to replace Bontang because the former has 3,400 hectares of (clear and clean) industrial land available, while land in Bontang still falls under "protected forest" status.

05/12/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

05/12/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

05/12/2016 (The Star) - At the fifth The Star Roundtable on Palm Oil recently, industry captains – IOI Corporation Bhd CEO Datuk Lee Yeow Chor, Malaysian Palm Oil Council CEO Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron, United Plantations Bhd vice chairman and chief executive director Datuk Carl Bek-Nielsen, Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd group president and CEO Datuk Zakaria Arshad, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd CEO Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian and Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd group CEO Paul Wong – discussed RSPO and MSPO certification and standards.

05/12/2016 (The Star) - Should the Malaysian Sustain­able Palm Oil standard be mandatory accreditation for all local players? Can MSPO rival the RSPO?

05/12/2016 (The Star) - At the fifth The Star Roundtable on Palm Oil held recently at Menara Star in Selangor, industry captains – IOI Corporation Bhd CEO Datuk Lee Yeow Chor, Malaysian Palm Oil Council CEO Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron, United Plantations Bhd vice chairman and chief executive director Datuk Carl Bek-Nielsen, Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd group president and CEO Datuk Zakaria Arshad, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd CEO Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian and Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd group CEO Paul Wong – joined in the forum led by The Star’s executive editor Errol Oh. With 2017 marking 100 years of commercial oil palm cultivation in the country, the roundtable assessed the industry and the challenges it faces; market competition; MSPO and RSPO certification and standards; and the road ahead

05/12/2016 (Business Standard) - Tracking a firm global trend, crude palm oil prices were up by 0.67 per cent at Rs 558.50 per 10 kg in futures trade today as traders created fresh positions supported by pick up in demand at the spot market.

05/12/2016 (Latin American Herald Tribune) – Extracting phytonutrients and vitamins from palm oil represents a lucrative new line of business for Latin America’s palm sector, according to industry experts at the Palmex Latinoamerica 2016 trade fair.

05/12/2016 (Latin American Herald Tribune) – Latin American palm oil producers, particularly those in Colombia, currently have a big competitive advantage over their counterparts in Asia, industry experts said at the Palmex Latinoamerica 2016 trade fair.

05/12/2016 (New Straits Times) - The country's 550,000 Felda settlers will profit from the recent deal struck with China to import more palm oil from Malaysia.

05/12/2016 (New Straits Times) - The government will soon announce a mechanism to solve issues faced by Felda settlers, particularly those involved in the cultivation of oil palm.