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06/06/2014 (Daily Express) - The Kinabatangan Batu Putih Community Tourism Co-operative (Kopel) has replanted 4,600 indigenous seedlings after State Assistant Culture, Tourism and Environment Minister Datuk Pang Nyuk Ming started the ball rolling by excavating a young oil palm tree two weeks ago from the riparian reserve that was encroached by Ladang Kinabatangan.

06/06/2014 (Indonesia Investments) - The Indonesian Palm Oil Board (DMSI) expects exports of Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) as well as its derivatives to fall about six to ten percent to 19-20 million tons in 2014 (from last year's export realization of 21.2 million tons). Lower CPO exports are primarily the result of Indonesia's mandatory biodiesel program which leads to increased domestic consumption of CPO. Traditionally, Indonesia exports about 75 percent of its total CPO production, particularly to the giant economies of China and India.

05/06/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Wednesday after an eight-day losing streak, as the steep fall in prices attracted bargain hunters looking for cheap deals, although anticipation of rising production put a lid on gains.

05/06/2014 (Reuters) - India's new government will not raise duties on palm oil in the short-term, despite demands by domestic oilseed processors to cut cheap imports from the world's top producer Indonesia, official sources said on Wednesday.

05/06/2014 (Reuters) - Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

05/06/2014 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

05/06/2014 (Borneo Post) - Analysts are still positive on Malaysia’s plantations sector despite the recent threat of lower crude palm oil (CPO) price and heightened chances of El Nino occuring in Malaysia.

05/06/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - The sentiment in the edible oils market improved on Wednesday after a sharp bounce back in the futures market towards the end of the day. In the Bombay Commodity Exchange, most edible oils registered a drop of ₹2-5 for 10 kg, as local refineries reduced their rates for palmolein and soya oil, tracking the overnight bearish trend in the overseas markets. But with Malaysian palm oil futures rebound and local demand improving, the sentiment turned positive at the end of the day.

05/06/2014 (Daily Express) - State government-owned company TDM Bhd has invested RM500 million for expansion since 2004 to double its oil palm hectarage and triple its hospital operations by 2022, says its Chairman Tan Sri Datuk Wan Abu Bakar Wan Omar.

05/06/2014 (The Star) - MIDF Research released a report on Wednesday maintaining a positive call for crude palm oil (CPO) prices at an average RM2,700 per tonne this year despite recent price weakness.

05/06/2014 (BusinessDay) - The increased importation of cheap palm oil into the country is causing a glut in the market, thereby eroding margins of local producers and stifling the growth prospects of companies in the sector.

05/06/2014 (Jakarta Post) - Consumer goods giant PT Unilever Indonesia (UNVR) hopes to be able to reduce imports starting from 2015 as its sister company, PT Unilever Oleochemical Indonesia, is slated to commence project commissioning at the end of this year.