Berita Arkib

15/07/2008 (Bernama), Putraya - A total of 3,661 oil palm plantations in the country will be paying a windfall profit levy effective today with the government's decision to exempt smallholders having less than 40 hectares of plantation land, from paying the tax.

15/07/2008 (Reuters, USA), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian's top palm oil company Sime Darby will spend 330 million ringgit ($102.5 million) to build a refinery to process crude palm oil, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

15/07/2008 (Accra Daily Mail) - Mr Akenten Appiah-Menkah, Managing Director of Appiah-Menkah Apino Soap in Kumasi, has called for the establishment of a Palm Oil Development Board to handle issues on the industry.

16/07/2008 (The Post Jakarta) - The tax office remains confident of achieving its full-year tax target, despite collecting only 42 percent of the figure in the first half of the year, or Rp 265.18 trillion (US$28.82 billion).

14/07/2008 (Bernama), Putrajaya -- The Ministry of Finance is expected to collect RM2.3 billion in windfall profit levy from oil palm estate owners in the next 12 months.

14/07/2008 (The Tide Online) - There has been a 15 per cent increase in the price of vegetable oil in some major towns in Delta.

14/07/2008 (The Hindu Business Line), Chennai - RBD palmolein witnessed record import during June, thanks to its effective Customs duty declining to 2.8 per cent.

15/07/2008 (Business Standard) - The country's import of edible and non-edible oil jumped 12 per cent during the eight months ended June 30, as against the corresponding period a year ago, according to figures released by the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA).

14/07/2008 (Biodiesel Magazine) - Palm oil has taken the lead in world production of vegetable oils in recent years and is now poised to lead in another area. It is the first commodity to develop a certification program to meet the emerging market demand for sustainable production. This concept is not new to the food industry—certification systems have existed for years in niche markets such as organic, kosher and halal. Certified sustainable palm oil is charting new territory for commodity crops, however, by expanding the areas of concern far beyond environmentally friendly production practices to include corporate social responsibility, and conservation of natural resources and biodiversity.

14/07/2008 (Biodiesel Magazine) - Imagine a three-way chicken and egg question. What came first: the chicken, the egg or the nest? That is the latest conundrum facing anyone trying to get started in the biodiesel business. How does one ensure that over a plant’s life that production will find an open market, access to feedstock, will not contravene local ordinances, and will have a trained and efficient pool of employees?

09/07/2008 (Mongabay.com) - Malaysia\'s Land Development Authority FELDA has announced plans to immediately establish 100,000 hectares (250,000) of oil palm plantations in the Brazilian Amazon.

14/07/2008 (The Star Online) - THE race to attain the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) full certification is hot on the agenda of Malaysian plantation players, given the rising misconception on sustainability and environmental issues among major importing nations particularly in Europe.