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05/02/2013 (Bloomberg) - Crude palm oil exports from Malaysia may be allowed at zero duty for a third month in March if prices remain below the threshold for the tax to be imposed, Plantation Industries & Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok said.

05/02/2013 (The Sun Daily) - The B10 biodiesel, which contains crude palm oil (CPO) and is expected to help stabilise declining CPO prices, is scheduled to come in place by the middle of next year.

05/02/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced for a fourth day, trading near a three-month high, on speculation that Malaysian stockpiles will drop from a record as shipments expand after the second-largest producer set a zero export tax.

05/02/2013 (Boneo Post) - Koperasi Koppes Sarawak Berhad (Koppes) has its eye set on expanding its rubber and palm oil seedling nurseries given the bright prospect they have.

05/02/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oil prices rule weak on Monday despite extended gain in Malaysian palm oil futures. About 1100 – 1200 tones of Palmolein were traded as stockiest continued covering expecting short term positive demand outlook. In spot groundnut oil drop by Rs10 and cotton refined oil decline by Rs2 on weak reports from producing centers. Palmolein weaken by Rs1 while Soyabean, Sunflower and Rapeseed oil rule unchanged. Moral was steady.

04/02/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up on Monday and were set for a fourth straight session of gains, tracking higher soybeans and soybean oil on persistent concerns over dry weather in Argentina.

04/02/2013 (Reuters) - Now that QSR Brands Bhd has been disposed of, Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd is on its way to becoming a purer plantation play as it looks to sell its remaining non-core businesses. It may even raise its stake in or privatise its 49 percent-owned associate, New Britain Palm Oil Ltd.

04/02/2013 (Bernama) - The edible oil industry of India has urged the government to increase the import duty on refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) palmolein to 20 per cent to protect the domestic refining industry.

04/02/2013 (Bernama) - East West One Consortium Bhd has assured that The East West One Planter\'s Scheme (EWOPS) is capable of meeting all its financial projections stipulated in its prospectus.

04/02/2013 (CisionWire) - Stena Bulk A/B (“Stena Bulk”) and Golden Agri-Resources Ltd (“GAR”) have set up a new joint venture, Golden Stena Bulk. For a start, the 50-50 joint venture will take over four product tankers ordered by Stena Bulk in June 2012. The newly formed joint venture will also consider investing in more product tankers in the future.

04/02/2013 (The Star) - The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives, which closed on a high note last week, may retreat this week.

04/02/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Growing demand for palm oil in India is threatening wildlife in Indonesia and Malaysia, a study released by WWF India said.