Berita Arkib
19-08-2003
CHINA SAYS IMPORTING BRAZIL SOY, BUT SHIPPER SNAG
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug 18 (Reuters) - China, the world's top soyimporter, has a quality problem with one Brazil-based shipper butcontinues to issue import permits for other shippers, a senior Chinesequarantine authority official said on Monday."China is not forbidding imports of Brazilian soybeans...there is onlyone company with whom we have a quality problem," said Wang Qinping,deputy minister of China's quarantine authority, known as the CIQ,speaking through an interpreter by phone during a visit to an industrialstandards center in Rio de Janeiro.
19-08-2003
Keng Yaik: Indonesia Could Take Over M'sia As Lead
MELAKA, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is facing stiff competition fromIndonesia in the export of palm oil and could be overtaken by theneighbouring country as the leading exporter of palm oil in five yearstime.
14-08-2003
China's soyabean import ban only temporary
HAMBURG (August 13 2003) : China's possible ban on soyabean importsreported last week is likely to be only temporary as the country is highlydependent on imports, Hamburg-based newsletter Oil World said.
14-08-2003
China import quotas dry up, India watched
KUALA LUMPUR (August 12 2003) : China has used up most of this year's palmoil import quotas as importers take advantage of cheaper RBD olein pricesfor forward shipments and good demand during the summer months, traderssaid on Monday.
14-08-2003
Nod for 48 projects under renewable energy plan
August 09 2003 - THE Government has so far approved 48 projects under theSmall Renewable Energy Programme (SREP) with total capacity of 304MW.
14-08-2003
Oil World sees strong Malaysian palm oil output
HAMBURG (August 13 2003) : Malaysia's 2003 palm oil output is forecast torise to 13.150 million tonnes from 11.908 million tonnes in 2002,Hamburg-based newsletter Oil World said.
14-08-2003
Palm oil amounts to 80 percent of commodity's impo
ISLAMABAD (August 10 2003) : Palm oil covers around 80 percent of totalimports of oils in Pakistan and is the second highest import after crudeoil (petroleum).
11-08-2003
India's revised specs for crude olein have importe
Mumbai, Aug. 6. While revised specifications for imported crude palm oiland its fractions (including crude palmolein) have been stipulated by theGovernment to put an end to suspect imports without actually banning them,notification number 120/2003 has generated some uncertainty amongimporters whose consignments are already on way.
09-08-2003
China plans new restrictions on soyabeans import
HONG KONG (August 09 2003) : China, the world's top soya importer, plansto introduce new restrictions on beans from the United States, Brazil andArgentina due to quality concerns, traders said on Friday.
08-08-2003
Indonesian government offers tender for Russian pa
JAKARTA, Aug 5 Asia Pulse- Three Indonesian plantation companies haveoffered crude palm oil (CPO) and RBD palm oil to Bulog, the state logisticagency, for a counter trade deal between Indonesia and Russia.
08-08-2003
China issues soyabean import permits too late, too
HONG KONG (August 06 2003) : China has issued a handful of import permitsfor soyabean cargoes that have been waiting to unload, but it may be toolittle too late as fears of bureaucratic hurdles remain, traders said onTuesday.
08-08-2003
India May End Import Of Crude Olein
NEW DELHI, August 5 (Bernama) -- India's Revenue Department has revisedspecifications of crude palm oil, which is likely to put an effective endto the import of what is described as crude olein.