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28/10/2013 (The Star) - Malaysia is drawing up a new global standard for its palm oil to ensure quality and address concerns of non-government organisations (NGOs) about the industry.

28/10/2013 (WantChinaTimes) - Cooking oils labeled as peanut, olive or soybean oil in China reportedly contain a significant amount of cheap palm oil. Their producers continue to refuse to reveal the percentages of different oils in their products, claiming that it will reduce their profit margins, reports the Guangzhou-based 21st Century Business Herald.

28/10/2013 (Business Recorder) - The country's import of palm oil fell by dollars 124.564 million (29.4 percent) during the July-Sept period of current fiscal year, according to official figures.

28/10/2013 (Borneo Post) - Native customary rights (NCR) land spanning 12,498 hectares have been identified for an oil palm plantation project that will benefit villagers from 36 longhouses in the Kabah/Nanga Tada area in Kanowit.

28/10/2013 (Pakistan Observer) - The country’s import of palm oil fell by dollars 124.564 million (29.4 percent) during the July-September period of current fiscal year, according to official figures. The country’ import of palm oil declined to dollars 461.449 million during the July-September period of the last fiscal year from the commodity’s import of dollars 586.013 million in the same period last fiscal year, showing a fall of dollars 124.564 million (20.4 percent), says Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

26/10/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Friday after weaker-than-expected export data fanned concerns that demand for the tropical oil has begun to taper, while a stronger ringgit following the Malaysian budget announcement curbed buying.

26/10/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysia is set to impose a requirement for biodiesel to use 7 percent palmoil, up from 5 percent now, as a way of whittling down palmoil stocks and cushioning prices in the face of growing competition from other edible oils.

26/10/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil retreated the most in four weeks as a report on shipments from Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, signaled declining demand and as crude oil headed for the biggest weekly loss since June.

26/10/2013 (Bernama) - Alerting Malaysians to be vigilant in the face of global political and economic uncertainties, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Friday unveiled the Budget for next year that aims to strengthen economic resilience, accelerate transformation and fulfill promises.

26/10/2013 (Bernama) - Private investment is expected to increase further to RM189 billion or 17.9 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) next year, particularly in oil and gas, textile industry, transport equipment and real estate development, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.

26/10/2013 (Bernama) - The government has allocated RM6 billion to implement agricultural programmes with highly-added and commercial values.

26/10/2013 (Bernama) - Production of palm oil, fishing and an American company's investment in lobster farming have resumed in Lahad Datu after the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) was established to strengthen land and maritime security in the eastern part of Sabah.