Berita Arkib

09/05/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysia's April palm oil stocks likely fell to their lowest in nine months, with domestic consumption and lower exports outstripping a rise in output, a Reuters survey of five plantation companies showed on Tuesday.

09/05/2013 (Daily Mirror) - The price of the world’s most-used cooking oil, palm oil, is expected to remain volatile, given the high stock levels in Malaysia and Indonesia, a top official of a leading Malaysian oil palm cultivating company stated.

09/05/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Imported palmolein ruled unchanged on third consecutive day while soyabean refined oil lost Rs 5 for 10 kg. But in domestic futures market, soya oil rose by more than Rs 5 tracking firm Malaysian palm oil futures and reduced arrivals in producing centre – Madhya Pradesh. Rapeseed and cotton refined oil declined by Rs 2 and Re 1 each. Groundnut and sunflower oil were steady.

09/05/2013 (FOOD Magazine) - WWF Australia and the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) have released an independent report that provides a launch pad for increasing the proportion of sustainably-sourced palm oil supplies in the Australian market.

09/05/2013 (Fox Business) - Wilmar International Ltd. (F34.SG) Wednesday reported a 23.3% rise in first quarter net profit despite slightly less revenue, but warned lower palm oil prices could hurt profitability at its plantations.

09/05/2013 (Channel News Asia) - Malaysia said Wednesday exports sank 2.9 per cent in March from a year earlier due to poor demand from the US and Japan, hurting shipments of palm oil as well as electrical and electronic products.

09/05/2013 (The News International) - The Karachi Port and Port Qasim handled a cargo volume of 180,328 tons during the last 24 hours that included 113,364 tons of imports and 66,964 tons of exports, the two ports reported on Tuesday.

09/05/2013 (TravelMole.com) - Steve Noakes of Ecolodges Indonesia has thrown his support behind a petition calling for an end to the destruction of native forest in central Kalimantan by palm oil companies.

09/05/2013 (Jakarta Globe) - Shares in Indonesian plantation firm Austindo Nusantara Jaya rose as much as 6.7 percent after its trading debut on Wednesday.

09/05/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil traded near the highest level in a week as optimism that stockpiles in Malaysia were set to decline was countered by speculation that India may reduce imports because of near record domestic cooking oil reserves.

08/05/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Tuesday, fuelled by bargain-hunting from the previous day's nearly five-month low, although gains were capped by a firm ringgit and key industry data due at the end of the week.

08/05/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Fall in palm oil prices in the international market has impacted coconut oil prices Kerala and Tamil Nadu this week.