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19/05/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysia, the world's second-largest palm grower, has kept its crude palm oil export tax for June at 5.5 percent, a government circular showed on Friday.

19/05/2014 (Business Recorder) - Palm oil on the European vegetable oils market was stronger on Thursday due to improved Malaysian palm oil exports during the first 15 days of May. "Palm oil exports improved substantially from last month, which underpinned prices although underlying sentiment is still bearish and that reflected in the overall lack of buying interest today," one broker said.

19/05/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange fell to their lowest level in more than three months on Monday, following losses in overseas soya oil markets and a strong ringgit. Demand has been robust so far and a further fall in prices could boost demand hopes. Cargo surveyor data showed that shipments of Malaysian palm products jumped between 23 and 28 per cent in the first half of May compared with a month ago, with bigger purchases from India, Pakistan and Europe.

17/05/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures snapped a four-day gaining streak on Friday as investors booked profits ahead of the weekend, although optimism that festival-driven consumption will bolster exports of the vegetable oil capped losses.

17/05/2014 (Reuters) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

17/05/2014 (FoodNavigator.com) - Sustainable palm oil trader GreenPalm will use this year’s European Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Summit as a platform to urge key players in the EU palm oil industry to galvanise shared knowledge and promote sustainable sourcing.

17/05/2014 (Business in Cameroon) - In its financials that have just been published, the Cameroonian palm oil company (Socapalm) reveals that it received a tax reduction of 1.5 billion in 2013 as was already the case in 2012 with the application of Cameroon’s reinvestment tax policy.

17/05/2014 (NST) - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed lower today after four trading days of gains on profit-taking ahead of the weekend, dealers said.

17/05/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Baring palmolein, which lost ₹4 for 10 kg, all other edible oil prices ruled unchanged on lack of demand amid weak Malaysian palm oil futures.

17/05/2014 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia has set aside 22.8 million hectares of conservation area in the form of national parks and reserves; however, the effectiveness of the management protecting these reserves and forests remains unproven. Deforestation has been unchecked, and occurs even in areas that have high value and vulnerable ecosystems, such as heath forest, peat swamp forest or endangered species habitat.

17/05/2014 (Business Recorder) - India's palm oil imports are expected to rise in May, as stocks are increased ahead of Ramadan to meet demand for cooking oil during the Muslim holy month.

17/05/2014 (The Star) - Speculation is rife that Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) has set its sights to acquire a major stake in London Stock Exchange-listed New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (NBPOL), which has a market capitalisation of about £615.2mil (RM3.34bil).