Berita Arkib

07/02/2013 (Bernama) - Malaysia would be able to register another record palm oil export figure in the next three to five years, surpassing the all-time high RM80.41 billion worth registered in 2011.

07/02/2013 (The Star) - KUB Malaysia Bhd\'s unit is teaming up with Antero Capital Sdn Bhd to cultivate oil palm plantations over 8,000 ha in Kanowit, Sibu.

07/02/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil declined to a one-week low on concern that inventories in Malaysia, the biggest supplier after Indonesia, will stay near a record even as production decreases because of the low-output season.

07/02/2013 (Bloomberg) - India, the world’s largest cooking oil consumer after China, probably imported a record quantity last month as traders and refiners rushed to buy before a tax increase, boosting domestic stockpiles to an all-time high. Palm oil futures rose in Malaysia.

07/02/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - Stakeholders in the palm oil sector in Cameroon have brainstormed on the importance of adopting environmental and social best practices for the sustainable development of the industry. The roundtable exchange between experts in the sector was recently organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF Cameroon Programme office in the South West (SW) region.

07/02/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced on speculation that reserves in Malaysia may drop from a record as India, the world’s largest importer, boosts purchases to meet a shortfall.

07/02/2013 (The Africa Report) - The fight between David and Goliath rolls on in Liberia as industrial agribusiness steamrolls over local communities.

07/02/2013 (Sierra Express Media) - Principal Collector at the National Revenue Authority (NRA) Customs & Excise post at Gbalamuya, Kambia district, Malcolm Sigismond Wilkinson has debunked allegations that one of Sierra Leone’s local commodities, palm oil, is being massively smuggled to Guinea from the northern towns of Sierra Leone and such activity has led to the scarcity of the product in the local market.

07/02/2013 (Radio Australia) - In a number countries in southeast Asia, the clearing of virgin forests has often been associated with the controversial palm oil industry.

06/02/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures inched lower on Wednesday in rangebound trading, as traders watched for further clues from upcoming industry data and avoided taking risky positions ahead of next week\'s Lunar New Year holidays.

06/02/2013 (Inquirer.net) - The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the claimants movement Coco Levy Fund Ibalik sa Amin (CLAIM) on Sunday declared support for a move to have Congress investigate the importation and selling of palm-based cooking oil by a sequestered oil mill.

06/02/2013 (Agrimoney.com) - China\'s cold winter in part responsible for the large, and stubborn, discount of palm oil to rival vegetable oil soyoil, Standard Chartered said, cutting price forecasts.