Berita Arkib

27/08/2008 (Ceylon Daily News) - Sri Lanka has achieved a high coconut oil production of 84,788 mt in last year recording a significant increase of 324 per cent after 22 years.

26/08/2008 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil producers should provide comprehensive traceability report of their production to comply with the European Union's new directive on renewable energy to better penetrate the market there.

26/08/2008 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Fima Corp Bhd hopes to achieve 25% growth in revenue to RM220mil for the financial year ending March 31 (FY09), backed by higher contribution from its oil palm plantation in Indonesia.

25/08/2008 (Mongabay.com) - Facing land scarcity at home and environmental complaints, Malaysian palm oil producers should look overseas to expand operations, a high-ranking Malaysian agricultural minister said Monday.

26/08/2008 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil, the world’s most consumed vegetable oil, must decline to 2,200 ringgit ($653) a tonne in the next few weeks for demand to rebound, said Dorab Mistry, director at Godrej International.

25/08/2008 (Voa News) - Oil palms are grown throughout West and Central Africa, but the development of the palm oil industry has been slow, despite a thriving market. A project sponsored by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization is about to change the palm oil industry in Cameroon and Nigeria. Voice of America English to Africa Service reporter Divine Nytaryike in Douala, Cameroon says palm oil is a common ingredient in traditional dishes in West and Central Africa. It is cheaper than vegetable oil and can also be used to make soap and pomade.

25/08/2008 (The Daily Green) - Palm oil is a widely used vegetable oil used in food products, such as Oreos and Cheez-Its, and also soaps and other personal care products. But while you've been casually enjoying your processed snack foods, palm oil has gained a less than stellar environmental reputation.

26/08/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - The default of some palm oil cargoes meant for China and India in the past few weeks following a slump in crude palm oil (CPO) prices was not as severe as reported, the Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (Poram) acting chairman Yong Chin Fatt said.

26/08/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - The price of crude palm oil (CPO) must decline to RM2,200 a tonne in the next few weeks for demand to rebound, said Dorab Mistry, director at Godrej International Ltd.

24/08/2008 (The Hindu), New Delhi - India's edible oil imports are likely to rise by eight per cent in 2008-09 in volume terms, with the palm oil becoming a preferred choice of importers, a US report has said.

24/08/2008 (Daily Times), Karachi - The importers made around 150,000 metric tonne deals in palm oil future trading contracts for September, Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturer’s Association (PVMA) said Friday.

23/08/2008 (The Daily Star) - Prices of non-brand edible oil, which had been falling in accordance with a downward trend in the international market over the last month and a half, suddenly went up in kitchen markets of the capital over the last three days.