Berita Arkib

18/02/2012 (Borneo Post) - Local consumption of palm oil has not seen any immediate impact from a recently implemented biodiesel programme which would have prompted mass quantities of the commodity.

18/02/2012 (The News International) - In October 2011, India exported 200,000 tons of premier basmati rice to Iran on 90-days credit. On 7 February 2012, Iran defaulted on payments worth about $144 million for rice shipped three months earlier. The All India Rice Exporters’ Association has now called on all its members to stop rice exports to Iran.

18/02/2012 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 66,417 tonnes of cargo comprising1 34,658 tonnes of import cargo and 31,759 tonnes of export cargo including 3,948 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Friday.

18/02/2012 (Jakarta Post) - The Heart of Borneo is doing well, despite the usual threats from extractive activities and fires, according to environmental activists.

18/02/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Barring rapeseed oil which fell by Rs 19 for 10 kg, edible oils ruled firm on Friday, tracking Malaysian palm oil that rebounded and firm projection for Chicago soya oil futures. Groundnut oil rose by Rs 5 for 10 kg, in line with a sharp rise in Saurashtra. Sunflower oil increased by Rs 5, cotton oil improved by Re 1 and palmolein was up by Rs 4 for 10 kg. Soya refined oil was unchanged.

18/02/2012 (Business Recorder) - Signals are mixed for Malaysian palm oil as it has risen again to the upper trend-line of a triangle.

17/02/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures slipped on Thursday as a delay in a second bailout package for Greece raised investors' concerns, although losses were limited thanks to dry weather fears in soy-producing South America.

17/02/2012 (The Star) - Palm oil exports from Malaysia, the world's second largest producer, may climb as much as 10% this year, expanding faster than local output and helping to drive down stockpiles and support prices, an industry group forecast.

17.02.2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm-oil exports from Malaysia, the second-largest producer, may climb as much as 10 percent this year, expanding faster than local output and helping to drive down stockpiles and support prices, an industry group forecast.

17/02/2012 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures slipped on Thursday as a delay in a second bailout package for Greece raised investors' concerns, although losses were limited thanks to dry weather fears in soy-producing South America.

17/02/2012 (Deccan Herald) - The Central and State government is all set to introduce oil palm cultivation in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts as an alternate to areca crops which are hit with yellow leaf and root grub diseases. However, the farmers in the districts do not seem to be keen in adopting oil palm cultivation in spite of the generous packages offered by the government.

17/02/2012 (TEMPO Interactive) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says it is unfair that the US has rejected Indonesia’s crude palm oil (CPO).