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22/10/2008 (The Financial Express) - India’s negative list of trade items is growing every year, according to Indonesia. Asked if Indonesia is not seeking undue concessions, an Indonesian official said talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) with India were stuck on five items—crude palm oil, refined palm oil, tea, coffee, and peppers.

21/10/2008 (Commodity Online) - The best thing to happen to the Palm oil industry in recent years was the establishment of the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil. This is the most clear cut signal to the world that Palm oil and Sustainability and Green Issues can co-exist to mutual benefit. It would be a step in the right direction if more Chinese entities joined the RSPO and participated in its deliberations. My company GODREJ was the first Indian company to join the RSPO and we have been followed by a host of others. The major markets for Palm – China, India and the developing world need to participate more energetically in the RSPO so that the Round Table becomes a win-win proposition for all stake holders.

21/10/2008 (The Star Online), Kuching - The Government may remove the crude palm oil (CPO) windfall tax, given that CPO prices have fallen below the tax’s threshold level.

21/10/2008 (Solomon Star News) - THE Palm Oil Outgrowers Association of Guadalcanal Plains is seriously seeking a justification from Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Limited (GPPOL) for a drastic drop in palm oil prices.

21/10/2008 (Indian Express) - In the rush to feed the world’s growing appetite for climate-friendly fuel and cooking Oil that doesn’t clog arteries, the Bornean orangutan could get plowed over.

20/10/2008 (earth2tech.com) - Craig Venter’s startup Synthetic Genomics has raised RM28.2 million, or $8 million, from Malaysian conglomerate Genting Group, which bought a million shares of the company, The Star reports. Genting has been working with Venter’s La Jolla, Calif.-based startup since 2007, when its Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology unit partnered with Synthetic Genomics to sequence the oil palm genome.

20/10/2008 (Bernama), Kuching - Malaysia will act to address the slide in global crude palm oil (CPO) prices to ensure the sustainability of the country's oil palm industry.

20/10/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian crude palm oil futures soared 5.1% on Monday as strength in the crude oil market lent support to soyoil markets in the US and China, traders said.

19/10/2008 (Moneycontrol.com), Chennai - Enjoying the advantage of being more profitable and viable than soyabean oil, palm oil is likely to find new uses for industrial application and as an energy source, according to Mr Dorab Mistry, Director of Godrej International.

19/10/2008 (Los Angeles Times), Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia - In the rush to feed the world's growing appetite for climate-friendly fuel and cooking oil that doesn't clog arteries, the Bornean orangutan could get plowed over.

18/10/2008 (EFE).- Colombia, the leading producer of palm oil in the Americas, will have six palm biodiesel plants by next year and plans to increase its share of the biofuels market, sources from the sector said.

17/10/2008 (Bernama), Nanjing - Palm oil's inherent economics and the global economic slowdown will serve as a bolster for its price which has plummeted sharply in recently months, analysts said at a Malaysia-China Palm Oil Fair and Seminar here yesterday.