Berita Arkib

29/12/2014 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 291,228 tonnes of cargo comprising 210,235 tonnes of import cargo and 80,993 tonnes of export cargo including 6,754 loaded and empty containers during the last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 210,235 tonnes comprised of 98,730 tonnes of containerised cargo; 3,329 tonnes of general cargo; 44,121 tonnes of bulk cargo: 27,235 tonnes of coal; 16,886 tonnes of urea and 64,055 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

29/12/2014 (Bloomberg) - India, the world’s biggest buyer of palm oil, raised import duties on crude and refined varieties in a move to protect farmers from declining oilseed prices.

29/12/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures hit their highest in over a month on Friday, notching their biggest weekly gain in eight weeks as fears of floods disrupting supplies in the world's second-largest producer outweighed earlier losses.

26/12/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to their highest in nearly a month on Wednesday as monsoon rains pounded the second-largest grower, leading to severe flooding in parts of the country which traders say has affected harvesting and crushing of palm fruit.

26/12/2014 (Bernama) - The rapid growth of the palm oil industry has brought about many new challenges to the sector's future sustainability and competitiveness.

26/12/2014 (The Star) - Timber companies are benefitting from rising log prices and a cheaper ringgit but weaker crude palm oil (CPO) prices are keeping some analysts wary about their immediate prospect.

26/12/2014 (ICIS) - The global glycerine industry is closely watching the fate of the highly politicized US, Indonesian and Argentine biodiesel industries as a gauge for what 2015 holds in store.

26/12/2014 (Daily Star) - The National Board of Revenue is set to simplify taxation for soybean and palm oil processors by allowing them to pay value-added tax at one stage instead of three.

26/12/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - The Centre has hiked the import duty on crude and refined vegetable oils in a bid to help farmers and the refinery industry.

26/12/2014 (Mongabay.com) - In June, the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje announced the country intends to convert eight million hectares of land to oil palm cultivation in Palawan, Philippines.

26/12/2014 (Bernama) - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended broadly higher today on stronger demand amid anticipation of lower production.

26/12/2014 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.