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03/04/2013 (Pakistan Observer) - Palm oil imports into the country witnessed negative growth of 12.42 percent during the first eight months of the current fiscal year as against the corresponding period of last year.

03/04/2013 (Bloomberg) - Neste Oil Oyj (NES1V), Finland’s only refiner, gained the most in two months in Helsinki trading after Nordea Bank AB raised its rating on the stock, saying cheap palm oil will improve profits in the biodiesel business.

03/04/2013 (HIndu Business Line) - Bearish Malaysian palm oil futures dragged palmolien by Rs 5 for 10 kg in local market on Monday. Improved arrivals of mustard seed in producing centres pulled down rapeseed oil by Rs 2. Cotton refined oil inched up by Rs 4. Groundnut, soyabean and sunflower oil ruled unchanged. The volume was negligible as resellers were offered palmolein at lower price.

03/04/2013 (Business Recorder) - Global palm oil demand is set to rise in coming months because of attractive prices and plentiful supplies compared to rival edible oils such as soyaoil, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said on Tuesday. Global October 2012-September 2013 palm oil imports are likely to rise to 43.19 million tonnes from 40.31 million tonnes in the same year ago period, Oil World estimated in a report.

03/04/2013 (The Star) - Outgoing Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGVH) group president and chief executive officer Datuk Sabri Ahmad has been tipped to head Biodiesel Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a newly established consortium endorsed by the Government and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).

02/04/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures slipped to their lowest in nearly three months on Monday as larger-than-expected U.S. soybean stockpiles continued to weigh on markets, although losses were capped by a marginal increase in exports.

02/04/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil fell to the lowest level in more than two months on concern that exports from Malaysia, the second-biggest producer after Indonesia, may decline as Europe’s debt crisis and a slowing Chinese economy curb demand.

02/04/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Bearish Malaysian palm oil futures dragged palmolien by Rs 5 for 10 kg in local market on Monday. Improved arrivals of mustard seed in producing centres pulled down rapeseed oil by Rs 2. Cotton refined oil inched up by Rs 4. Groundnut, soyabean and sunflower oil ruled unchanged. The volume was negligible as resellers were offered palmolein at lower price.

02/04/2013 (Wanganui Chrronicle) - The Headlines in last week's Straight Furrow have "Shock findings at PKE plant".

02/04/2013 (The Star) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) will seek the adoption of a revised set of principles & criteria (P&C) at its upcoming extraordinary general assembly here on April 25.

02/04/2013 (Borneo Post) - Along with already high inventory levels of crude palm oil (CPO), the recovery of soybean stock levels is putting downward pressure on the dwindling selling price for the commodity.

02/04/2013 (Business Standard) - In step with an economy becoming richer, setting off changes in lifestyle and diet patterns, the use of edible oils per head rises. The advance estimate of national income by the Central Statistics Office for 2012-13 puts per capita income at Rs 68,747, a rise of 11.7 per cent over the previous year. Along with this progress, per capita availability of edible oils rose to 14.5 kg in 2010-11 from 5.8 kg in 1992-93. However, there is not much room for celebration over this.