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7/12/06 NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - India's 2006-2007 (November-October) palm oil imports should be sharply higher than the previous year, boosted by an expected duty cut, Dorab Mistry, a leading palm oil analyst, said on Thursday.

8/12/06 (AFP)-- Indonesia is aiming to overtake Malaysia as the world's largest producer of palm oil by 2008, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Dec. 7. "In 2008, our palm oil production should be number one," Kalla said. He said Indonesia was currently the second largest producer after Malaysia although it had a much larger area for plantations. The two countries account for 85% of world production.

4/12/06 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Expansion of palm oil industry -- which many hope will provide the fuel of the future -- must be sustainable, environmentally-friendly and protect local communities, Malaysia's deputy prime minister said in a speech Tuesday.

5/12/06 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has launched a RM20mil Palm Oil Wildlife Conservation Fund to promote ideas and proposals to enhance biodiversity linked to palm oil production worldwide.

7/12/06 (The Edge News) - IOI Corporation Bhd is poised to emerge as the world's largest vegetable oil based fatty acid producer following its proposed acquisition of two palm oil refinery and oleochemical companies for RM423 million cash.

4/12/06 (Thew Star) KUCHING - The Assar Senari group is poised to become a major player in the bulk petroleum and palm oil industries in Sarawak following the opening of its industrial complex in Senari Monday.

22/11/06 (Soyatech.com) GENEVA - The WTO on Tuesday officially adopted a ruling that European countries broke international trade rules by stopping imports of genetically modified foods.

22/11/06 (Soyatech.com) WINNIPEG - The move by US and Canadian restaurant chains to transfat free vegetable oils in their cooking is expected to translate into solid demand for Canadian canola and canola oil in the years ahead, according to industry sources.

17/11/06 (Soyatech.com) - Thai Fatty Alcohol, a 50:50 joint venture between PTT Chemical and Cognis Thailand, is investing Bt820 million to build a fatty-alcohol plant on the Eastern Industrial Estate in Rayong province.

27/11/06, Kuala Lumpur: A merger of three Malaysian plantation conglomerates will create the world's largest listed palm oil estate, and boost the country's status as a palm oil producer amid growing regional competition, analysts said.

30/11/06 (www.planetark.com) BRUSSELS - The European Commission sharpened its main weapon for fighting climate change on Wednesday, drawing fire from EU governments after demanding cuts in their carbon dioxide emissions plans for 2008-2012.

30/11/06 ( www.planetark.com) BEIJING - China, the world's number two oil importer, plans to start using biodiesel in cars next year in an attempt to cut its dependence on imported oil, industry officials said on Wednesday.