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14/02/2014 (FoodNavigator.com) - About three-quarters of the world’s vegetable oil is currently used for foods, the report says, and demand has grown at about 5% a year for more than a decade. A preference for packaged foods has come as the global middle class has grown – and demand for the vegetable oils used in those foods is expected to continue along the same trajectory for the coming ten years.

14/02/2014 (Jakarta Globe) - Gozco Plantations, a palm oil producer based in Sidoarjo, East Java, will allocate Rp 300 billion ($25 million) for capital expenditure this year, down from Rp 350 billion in 2013.

13/02/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up on Wednesday to hit a near six-week high as investors looked to improving food and fuel demand for the tropical oil amid tighter supplies.

13/02/2014 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil imports by India, the world’s biggest importer, probably declined for the first time in three months as farmers prepared to collect the largest winter oilseed crop in three years, a Bloomberg survey showed.

13/02/2014 (Business Recorder) - Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

13/02/2014 (Manila Standard Today) - A unit of A Brown Group is investing P3 billion to establish a 1,400-hectare oil palm plantation in Cagayan de Oro City.

13/02/2014 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced to the highest level in more than five weeks on speculation that stockpiles in Malaysia will shrink as production declines in the world’s second-biggest supplier.

13/02/2014 (Jakarta Post) - This year will mark the 10th year since the introduction of the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to the world. It has not been a smooth ride with regard to bridging some seemingly contradictory concepts, balancing environmental protection with economic performance, corporate governance and social responsibility.

13/02/2014 (Jakarta Post) - Being the world’s largest palm-oil producer, Indonesia has tried to convince global consumers that its agricultural products are grown and cultivated through sustainable processes.

13/02/2014 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil climbed to the highest level in six weeks on speculation that overseas demand may improve as dry weather hurt soybean crops in South America.

12/02/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Tuesday, falling for the first time in five sessions as a bout of profit-taking weighed, with prices further pressured by the end of a rally in overseas soy markets.

12/02/2014 (Business Recorder) - Palm oil prices are expected to climb for a second straight year in 2014, as strong demand from the biofuel industry soaks up supplies and curbs exports from top producers of the tropical oil, a Reuters poll showed.