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18/09/2015 (Solomon Star) - Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) is proposing to expand the existing plantation with an addition of 35,000-40,000 hectares.

18/09/2015 (Reuters) - A second consecutive drought could keep India's oilseeds output steady despite a rise in vegetable oil consumption, driving up its annual edible oil import bill by 14 percent to about $14 billion, a leading industry body said on Thursday.

18/09/2015 (Bernama) - Malaysia aims to ramp up exports by implementing several initiatives under a strategic roadmap that, among others, involves deep collaborations between the public and private sectors, said National Export Council (NEC) said.

18/09/2015 (Jakarta Globe) - Cargill Indonesia plans to invest $750 million over the next few years to expand its operations in Indonesia, a government official claimed on Wednesday.

18/09/2015 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices fell by 0.91 per cent to Rs 391.40 per 10 kg in futures trade in evening session today as speculators indulged in trimming positions, taking weak cues from spot market on low demand.

18/09/2015 (SciDev.Net) - Scientists who solved the mystery of why prized oil palm clones end up with drastically reduced yields are developing a simple leaf-based test to identify abnormal clones early and weed them out.

17/09/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

17/09/2015 (Reuters) - European palm oil prices were lifted by a weaker dollar on Wednesday, but the market remained subdued as a holiday halted palm oil trade in Malaysia.

17/09/2015 (Business Standard) - Prices of cottonseed and crude palm oil rose up to Rs 50 per quintal at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today due to pick up in demand from retailers.

17/09/2015 (GhanaWeb) - The sluggish growth of oil palm production in the country, in the face of the yawning demand for Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) of the commodity, has pushed up the domestic market price from GH¢150 per tonne in 2013 to between GH¢350-GH¢400 as at August 2015 -- representing a percentage price increase of about 160%.

17/09/2015 (Economic Times) - Amid demands for hike in import duty on edible oil to protect the domestic industry, Finance Ministry today discussed a proposal to raise the levy.

17/09/2015 (World Grain) - As global demand for vegetable oil grows, an increasing proportion of food use is being satisfied by palm and soy oil, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA reported on Sept. 15. These two oils now account for nearly two-thirds of food oil consumption.