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16/01/2023 (The Malaysian Insight) - THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has denied allegations of bureaucracy bogging down the licence renewal process for oil palm fruit dealers (DFs), noting that the process would be immediate if there have been no changes to the business entity or the ownership of the premises licensed.

15/01/2023 (The Star Online), Johor Bahru - The supply of cooking oil and pricing issues are expected to stabilise after the plantation industry players have resolved the problem over foreign labour shortage.

17/01/2023 (Yahoo Finance) - Interest in biofuels has exploded in recent years, and as governments pursue both energy security and lower emissions, that interest is only rising. Following a flurry of new climate policies worldwide, energy companies are looking to reduce their emissions while ensuring the stability of their legacy businesses. Meanwhile, countries around the world are looking for energy sources that can be secured domestically. The U.K. and Mexico are two such countries, with both of them now looking to vegetable oil as a potential energy source for heating and transport.

16/01/2023 (New Strait Times), Bangi - The strategic cooperation with Indonesia to fight the anti-palm oil lobby will be able to put pressure on the European Union (EU), said Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) director-general Datuk Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir.

15/01/2023 (Free Malaysia Today), Petaling Jaya - A veiled threat of a ban on palm oil exports to the European Union may well backfire, bringing with it unintended consequences, say economists.

14/01/2023 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, the world's second-largest palm oil producer, on Thursday said it might stop palm exports to the European Union after the bloc imposed additional import restrictions on the edible oil due to concerns over deforestation.

16/01/2023 (The Borneo Post), Bangi - BANGI: The strategic cooperation with Indonesia to fight the anti-palm oil lobby will be able to put pressure on the European Union (EU), said Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) director-general Datuk Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir.

15/01/2023 (News EU) - Malaysia has said it could stop exporting palm oil to the European Union in response to the bloc passing a new law designed to protect forests by heavily regulating the sale of the product.

15/01/2023 (The Straits Times), Jakarta - Environmentalists have criticised Indonesia and Malaysia’s pledge to fight “discrimination” against palm oil, saying it puts the countries’ commitment to halting deforestation into question.

14/01/2023 (The Star Online), Singapore/Jakarta – A move by top palm oil exporter Indonesia to restrict shipment and boost domestic biodiesel consumption is set to squeeze global vegetable oil supplies already undercut by lower output in Southeast Asia and Latin America.

12/01/2023 (Free Malaysia Today), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, will consider halting exports to the European Union (EU) in retaliation for the bloc’s new deforestation regulation, according to the country’s deputy prime minister.

12/01/2023 (The Edge Markets), Kuala Lumpur - Analysts who spoke to The Edge cautioned that taking an all-out offensive approach such as halting palm oil export to the European Union (EU) in retaliation for the bloc’s proposed Deforestation Regulation is not an economically responsible move.