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03/11/2008 (Reuters), New Delhi - Indian ministers will consider on Tuesday whether to raise import taxes on edible oils and allow exports as a slide in global prices threatens local producers, a leading trade official said.

03/11/2008 (Express Buzz) - The price of cooking oil, which was beyond the reach of common man till yesterday, has crashed suddenly much to the relief of house-makers and hotel industry.

03/11/2008 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Dutch companies operating in Malaysia are doing well amid the global economic slowdown following the U.S. credit market crunch, said the Netherlands Ambassador to Malaysia Lody Embrechts.

03/11/2008 (The Nation, Business) - Concerned agricultural assoฌciations have called on the government to draw up a "national agenda" for the farm sector to shield onethird of the country's population from fluctuating prices and unpredictable factors to achieve sustainable development.

03/11/2008 (The News, International), Lahore - It seems the federal government’s decision to fix ghee price at Rs 98 per kilogram is not being observed as low quality ghee brands are still being sold for Rs 100 and famous brands for over Rs 110 per kilogram, The News has learnt.

30/10/2008 (Mongabay.com) - Annual forest conversion to palm oil plantations increased 400-fold from 1,163 hectares in 1991 to 461,992 hectares in 2007 in Central Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, reports a new report published by Forest Watch Indonesia, a local NGO.

29/10/2008 (Sin Chew Jit Poh), Jakarta - The Indonesian government and central bank on Tuesday (28 Oct) unveiled a series of measures to bolster foreign exchange reserves and market confidence, just as the rupiah hit a seven-year low of 11,900 against the US dollar.

03/11/2008 (The Star Online) - Govt to focus on projects with high multiplier effects.

03/11/2008 (Bangkok Post) - Biotec, the national biotechnology agency, aims to unlock palm oil's genetic code within five years after making progress with blue-green algae, says researcher Somvong Tragoonrung.

03/11/2008 (Business Standard) - The negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Asean (Association of South East Asian Nations) were concluded in August this year, but the FTA may not come into effect from January next year, as some of the Asean member countries may delay its ratification.

02/11/2008 (The Hindu Business Line), Mumbai - Angered by large-scale defaults committed by Indian importers including some well-known corporates and State agencies, a group of overseas suppliers of edible oil has decided to move the Indian Government for action against the alleged defaulters.

01/11/2008 (The Hindu Business Line), mumbai - The country’s edible oil trade is in a heightened state of expectation about an imminent increase in customs duty on various imported oils such as palm and soya.