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04/04/2013 (The Star) - APAC plantation companies' credit profiles stable despite lower prices Add to Collection (Create New) | Print Download: Plain Text Fitch Ratings says in a new report that it expects the credit profile of Malaysia- and Indonesia-based oil palm plantation companies to be stable despite lower crude palm oil (CPO) prices.

03/04/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rebounded on Tuesday on bargain hunting after the edible oil fell to nearly a three-month low the previous day, while expectations that firm exports could help ease stocks further also provided support.

03/04/2013 (Bloomberg) - Surveying miles of palm trees swaying softly in the tropical breeze in southwestern Ghana, Lim Peng Hor points proudly to a terraced slope of felled trunks that cuts through the lush landscape.

03/04/2013 (FoodNavigator.com) - A Rainforest Foundation ethical food product guide based on companies’ palm oil use unjustly discourages the use of palm oil even if it is sustainably sourced, claims the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

03/04/2013 (Business in Cameroon) - During an extraordinary session of the control chain of palm oil (CRFHP) held in the Conference room of the Ministry of Commerce, palm oil producers declared that they are planning to raise the price of a kg of crude from CFAF 450 to 550.

03/04/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - The Government has reduced the tariff value or base import price on RBD palmolein and crude palmolein by $11 a tonne in line with the softening trend in global prices.

03/04/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils prices ruled steady on Tuesday despite a sharp rebound in Malaysian palm oil futures and higher physical demand. Imported palmolein and soyabean oil ruled unchanged as the Government reduced the tariff value of imported palm oils by $9-15 a tonne and crude soyabean oil by $54.

03/04/2013 (Bernama) - Malaysia's exports to Egypt are expected to increase by 10 per cent this year on strong demand for palm oil in the republic, said Malaysia's Ambassador to Egypt, Datuk Dr Mohd Fakhrudin Abdul Mukti.

03/04/2013 (Jakarta Globe) - Sinar Mas Multifinance, the financing unit of Sinar Mas Group, has cut its planned bond sale by half and set the coupon on its planned bonds at 10.75 percent.

03/04/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm-oil use is poised to rise at an above-average pace in the six months through September on a price discount to other oils and fats amid expected record production, Oil World said.

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.