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17/04/2008 (The Financial Express), New Delhi - Following the government decision to cut import duties on edible oil for controlling the rising prices, state owned PEC has floated two tenders to import more than 22,000 tonne of edible.

16/04/20089 (Reuters), Mumbai - The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) has sought interest from edible oil refiners for processing and packing of imported edible oils, it said on its Web site on Wednesday.

16/04/2008 (Reuters), New Delhi (Reuters) - India left base import prices or tariff values unchanged for six palm group oils and crude soybean oil, the finance ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

15/04/2008 (The News International, Pakistan), Karachi - The country might face shortage of edible oil in a few days as private transporters of palm oil have resumed an indefinite strike over inclusion of state-owned National Logistics Cell (NLC) in their business, The News learnt on Monday.

14/04/2008 (Al Bawaba) - Global exports of Malaysian palm oil have reached 13.7 million tons, accounting for 26 per cent of the world’s oils and fats products consumption in 2007, which was recorded at 57.8 million tons, according to latest reports from the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC). As one of the product’s top destinations, the Middle East imported 1.4 million tons of Malaysian palm oil, which constituted 45 per cent of its overall imports of oils and fats products in the same year. With aims of further enhancing business opportunities in the Gulf, MPOC and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) have announced the first ‘Malaysia-UAE Palm Oil Trade Fair & Seminar’ (POTS) 2008, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Dubai Hotel from May 26 - 27, 2008.

14/04/2008 (The Hindu Business Line), Chennai - The Union Government may relax import of oilseeds in 2009 to take the heat out of an “overheated domestic” oil and oilseeds market, according to Mr Dorab Mistry, Director, Godrej International Ltd.

14/04/2008 (Bernama), Kota Kinabalu - Malaysia is not concerned over the issue of who will be the world's biggest palm oil producer as the country prefers to place extra focus on palm oil that is sustainably produced, a Malaysian palm oil official said Monday.

14/04/2008 (Bernama), Dubai -- The first Malaysia-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Palm Oil Trade Fair & Seminar 2008 (POTS 2008), which will be held here on May 26-27, is set to further enhance business opportunities in the Gulf region.

14/04/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - Prices of commodities appear to have been caught up in the upward draught of palm oil and soybean oil prices.

14/04/2008 (Bernama), Kota Kinabalu - Malaysia is greatly concerned by the negative campaigns targeted at the palm oil industry especially with regard to the distorting views on carbon debt, said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.

12/04/2008 (The Financial Express), Mumbai - With an increased uncertainty in the domestic market and weakening international Markets, edible oil importers are now reluctant to enter into the new contracts for the imports as prices have fallen considerably by 20-28% in last one month after the duty cut announced by the government.

11/04/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - Online One Corp Bhd subsidiary Ace Edible Oil Industries Sdn Bhd (Ace Oil) has been licensed to use Malaysian Palm Oil Board’s (MPOB) patented technology in oil and fat separation.