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10/2/06 (Nikkei English News) TOKYO -- Toray Industries Inc. is using vegetable oil as the primary ingredient for a new type of plastic film that is heat resistant, flexible and transparent.

10/2/06 (soyatech.com ) Saint Louis, Missouri... The American Soybean Association (ASA) applauded Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. JohnsonÃŒs comments about the ability of U.S. agriculture to meet demand for biodiesel and other renewable fuels that can reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

14/2/06 KARACHI (Daily Times) - The country is likely to import 900,000 metric tons of crude palm oil in 2006, which will be the largest import of the commodity, due to plans to set up oil refineries.

13/2/06 KUANTAN (The Star) - A subsidiary of LKPP Corporation Sdn Bhd, Dominion Media Sdn Bhd, has successfully produced a bio-organic fertiliser derived from palm oil waste.

13/2/06 Chennai (Business Line) - EDIBLE oil imports declined by 32 per cent in January, while overall it has dipped by 19 per cent this season (November 2005-October 2006).

13/2/06 NEW DELHI (Bernama) -- India received 20,700 tonnes of crude palm oil (CPO) during the week ending Feb 12, 2006.

12//206 Lahad Datu (Daily Express) - Original smallholders of the Silabukan Smallholders' Oil-Palm Scheme here are up in arms against Borneo Samudera Sdn Bhd (BSSB) over the alleged transfer of their Native Title (NT) land to a third party without their knowledge, although a joint venture (JV) agreement was supposed to have been in place.

12/2/06 (The Edge Daily) - Carotech Bhd is stepping up its biodiesel production with a RM100 million investment in a new plant in Lumut, Perak to boost its earnings.

KOTA KINABALU (The Star) - The new dedicated container port of Sabah Port Sdn Bhd (SPSB) currently being built in Sapanggar Bay will be operational by early 2007.

10/2/06 Business Times (Malaysia) - Lam Soon Bhd, via its subsidiary Lam Soon Plantations Sdn Bhd, has acquired the remaining 65 per cent stake in its two joint ventures with Dutch multinational Akzo Nobel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, for Euro24 million (RM107 million).

13/2/06 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - Coconut oil production is expected to decline by 4 percent this year due to the lingering effects of the mild drought last year.

13/2/06 (The Star) - Dr Radzuan says as plantation companies push for downstream activities, they tend to compromise on the level of efficiency in the upstream sector.