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09/08/2013 (Commodities Now) - The FAO Food Price Index averaged 205.9 points in July 2013, 4 points (nearly 2 percent) below its revised value for June and 7 points (or 3.3 percent) lower than in July 2012. The decline in July, which marked the third consecutive monthly drop, was largely driven by lower international prices for grains, soy and palm oil while sugar, meat and dairy quotations were also down from the previous month.

09/08/2013 (Afrique en Ligue) - Consumer Protection Council - Officials of the Kano state Consumer Protection Council (CPC) yesterday impounded and trucks conveying the contaminated palm oil which was scooped from drainages after the tanker conveying it crashed at the Club Road Roundabout in Kano.

09/08/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - The world's tropical forests - the planet's lungs - are in rapid decline.

09/08/2013 (BusinessDay) - A Research by BusinessDay Research and Intelligence Unit(BRIU)

09/08/2013 (WebWire) - The endangered Chimpanzee stands to have swathes of its forest habitat in Cameroon destroyed if a US company’s controversial plans to establish a palm oil plantation in the area are not stopped.

09/08/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - The edible oils market was mixed on Thursday. Following improved festival demand, sentiment in indigenous oils ruled firm at producing level pushing groundnut oil by Rs 10, sunflower expeller oil and cotton refined oil by Rs 5 each in Mumbai.

09/08/2013 (Huffington Post) - What's in a word? According to consumer groups, when it comes to marketing products that use palm oil, everything. They issued a harsh statement this week against what they see as greenwashing by brands that use palm oil.

09/08/2013 (Business Recorder) - Four ships C.V Nijran, C.V Maersk Kinston, M T Akaki Bunga and M.T Alamonda carrying containers, furnace oil and palm oil were berthed at Qasim International Container Terminal, FOTCO Oil Terminal and Liquid Cargo Terminal respectively at Port Qasim on Tuesday, 06th August. Meanwhile on oil tanker 'Lahore' also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during the last 24 hours.

08/08/2013 (Reuters) - Palm oil futures dropped to their lowest in more than a week on Wednesday on market talk that production growth in Malaysia was significantly higher last month, stoking concerns about a potential build up in stocks.

08/08/2013 (Bernama) - TDM Bhd plans to set up four oil palm processing factories in Kalimantan, Indonesia soon, said chairman, Datuk Roslan Awang Chik.

08/08/2013 (Bloomberg) - Wilmar International Ltd. (WIL), the world’s largest palm oil trader, said second-quarter profit rose 87 percent on increased sales volumes and after its oilseeds unit swung to a profit.

08/08/2013 (Business Standard) - The bears seem to have gripped agri commodities globally. While improved weather conditions in the US and good monsoon in India have improved the crop prospects, weak global economic conditions have affected demand, putting pressure on prices.