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31/08/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The rupiah's depreciation will increasethe competitivenss of Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) on the internationalmarket and raise the price of fresh oil-palm fruit at the farmers' level,an industry spokesman said.

29/08/05 (foodchina.com) - The palm oil price has continued increasingthis week the domestic ports and the trade volume has been the same withlast week. 20,000 tons of palm oil arrived at Tianjin port this week, withthe current stocks at 50,000 tons, and the current price at 4340 Yuan perton, up 40 Yuan per ton from last weekend. 5000 tons of palm oil arrivedat Zhangjiagang port, with the current stocks at 20,000 tons, and theprice at 4320 Yuan per ton, up 80 Yuan per ton from last weekend. Thecurrent palm oil stocks are at 55,000 tons at Guangzhou port, with thecurrent price at 4200 Yuan per ton, up 60 Yuan per ton from last weekend,and as 25,000 tons of palm oil will arrive soon, the price increase willbe limited.

With bad reputation shoved aside, demand for the ingredient is growing.

25/08/05 KUCHING, (Bernama) -- The government wants Malaysian plantationcompanies operating in Indonesia to have good agricultural practices,including zero-burning to ensure that its palm oil is acceptable by theenvironmentally-friendly European markets.

24/08/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The operator of the Teluk Bayur port ofWest Sumatra PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II said it will build acrude palm oil (CPO) terminal due to an increase in shipments of thatcommodity from the province.

26/08/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The prices of crude palm oil (CPO) ininternational markets are expected to continue to rise despite the harvestseason next month, the association of palm oil companies (Gapki) said.

26/08/2005 (The Star) - THE Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council (MPOPC)is joining hands with South African scientists to initiate programmesaimed at developing further applications of red palm oil.

26/08/2005 Philippines (Sun Star) - THE Department of Agriculture (DA) isurging oil palm growers in Mindanao to expand their production areas inorder to complement the increase in local demand, which is pegged at 2.18percent annually.

23/08/05 PUTRAJAYA, (NSTP) - Four oil palm cultivators in Pahang, Perakand Selangor face a RM500,000 fine, a jail term of not more than fiveyears, or both.And the reason is crystal clear: They were involved in open burning duringthe recent haze.

24/08/05 DAVAO CITY, (Asia Pulse) - To be self-sufficient in palm oilsupply, the country needs to develop 12,000 to 18,000 more hectares ofpalm oil plantations a year, Department of Agriculture (DA) recent datashowed.

25/08/2005 (Agrimarket.info) - The Board for Foreign Trade and TariffPolicy of Russian Federation recommended the government to increase importduties for fats, oils and partly for margarine products to 20 percent ofcustoms value, but not less than 0.2 euro per kilo. The current duty forthese products is 15 percent.

29/08/2005 (The Star) - TRADEWINDS Corp Bhd plans to venture downstream inthe palm oil business after it has completed the merger of subsidiaryTradewinds (M) Bhd and Johore Tenggara Oil Palm Bhd (JTOP).