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JAKARTA, Jan 21 Asia in Focus - Rosediana Suharto of the Indonesian PalmOil Commission, said a draft proposal has been submitted to the statesecretariat calling for an increase in the CPO export tax of up to 60 percent. Imposition of a high export tax will result in big losses inIndonesia's market foothold, Rosdiana said, quoting a study by the OilWorld that every increase of 1 percentage point in export tax will cause aloss of 0.8 per cent in market share.

MANILA, Jan 22 Asia Pulse - The Philippine government is looking at apossible technical cooperation with Malaysia for the development of thecountry,s palm oil sector.

(Our Agriculture Editor) New Delhi, 21 January - Prime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee called for greater encouragement to export-orientedsectors like floriculture. The output of oilseeds and pulses also neededto be stepped up to achieve self-sufficiency in these products, he said.

MEDAN, Indonesia, Jan 21 Asia in Focus - Russia has asked for the supplyof around 250,000 tons of olein and crude palm oil (CPO) twice a year fromIndonesia, the palm oil association (Gapki) said. The association said anagreement is expected to be signed soon.

DAVAO CITY, Jan 22 Asia in Focus - Delegates to theBrunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)SME Conference 2003 have identified sea transport as a major area ofconcern for the sub-region. Officials at the conference call for oreefficient movement of goods, services and people to enhance cross-bordertrade.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 (Bernama) -- Malaysia should add value to theproducts it produced to compete with developing countries thatmanufactured the same goods at a lower production cost, Primary IndustriesMinister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said Thursday.

DOHA (Qatar), Jan 22 (Bernama) -- Alami Vegetable Oil Products Sdn Bhd(AVOP) has re-established its foothold in Iraq by resuming its RM5 millioncontract to supply cooking oil to the country.

BERUAS, Jan 23 (Bernama) -- The Primary Industries Ministry will hold aroundtable conference with all groups involved in the palm oil industry toidentify ways to increase productivity.

15 January, 2004 - OVERVIEW OF THE MALAYSIAN OIL PALM INDUSTRY 2003

KLUANG, Jan 17 (Bernama) -- All the 10 plantation subsidiaries of TabungHaji will be merged under TH Plantations Sdn Bhd to enable them to operatemore efficiency and at lower costs, said Minister in the Prime Minister'sDepartment Brig Gen (rtd) Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin Saturday.

January 13 2004 - POOR harvest of rival edible oils is expected toexpedite crude palm oil (CPO) price’s attempt to test the RM2,000 a tonnelevel this year.

JAKARTA, Jan 9 Asia Pulse - PT Caliandra Perkasa said it will operate anew crude palm oil plant (CPO) in Riau this year to support its plan tostart exporting that commodity.