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23/09/2013 (Platts) - Indonesia's new biodiesel mandate could see the country -- currently one of the region's largest gasoil importers -- become self-sufficient in the fuel over the next 10 to 12 years, but smooth implementation of the mandate hinges on several factors including subsidies and the price of gasoil and crude palm oil in the international market.

21/09/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell for the third straight session on Friday and extended declines for a second week as a stronger local currency curbed appetite from overseas buyers, although strong export numbers limited losses.

21/09/2013 (Reuters) - Edible oil imports of world's top buyer India are likely to rise 4 percent to a record 10.7 million tonnes in 2013/14 due to growth in consumption, with the entire rise on account of refined palm oil, a leading trade expert said on Friday.

21/09/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil fell for a third day and was set for a second weekly decline as a surge in the Malaysian currency cut the appeal of ringgit-denominated futures.

31/09/2013 (The Star) - The slump in crude palm oil prices (CPO) this year has seen an erosion in earnings for most plantation companies in Malaysia but TSH Resources Bhd is among the few which proved the exception.

21/09/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL), now operating in Sinoe County has disclosed that it is preparing to hire 40,000 once it resumes operations in Sinoe and Grand Kru Counties.

21/09/2013 (CattleNetwork.com) - Corn was part of general commodity decline Thursday night. The commodity sector moved generally lower overnight, although there was no readily apparent reason for the drop. Soybeans led the grain markets downward, which may have reflected the improved moisture being received by much of the Corn Belt at this juncture. December corn slid 1.5 cents to $4.58/bushel early Friday morning, and May lost 1.5 cents to $4.7825.

21/09/2013 (Reuters) - India will consider an increase in the import duty on refined palm oil in 10 days, Food Minister K. V. Thomas said on Friday, a move that could help its local industry struggling with cheap supplies from Indonesia and Malaysia.

21/09/2013 (Reuters) - Palm oil exports from Indonesia, one of the world\'s top producers, are expected to rise 5.5 percent from a year earlier to 19 million tonnes in 2014, the chairman of the southeast Asian country\'s industry body said on Friday.

21/09/2013 (FoodNavigator.com) - GreenPalm has announced the first certified trade of palm oil by-product for feed use, hailing the development a triumph in supply chain sustainability for food manufacturers.

21/09/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) prices are likely to rise nearly 9 percent to 2,500 ringgit per tonne by February 2014 from current levels as inventories in top producer Indonesia are set to fall after it decided to promote biodiesel consumption, a top industry analyst said on Saturday.

21/09/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Increased arrivals of soyabean in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and groundnut and cotton in Gujarat, along with bearish trend in the futures market, kept edible oils prices under pressure. The volume remained subdued, tracking weak domestic currency making imports costly. Local refineries raised their rates for palmolein by Rs 6 for 10 kg.