Berita Arkib

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- The need to maintain the economicunits of smallholdings prompted Malaysian Palm Oil Board chairman Tan SriBasir Ismail to write a book entitled "Land Agricultural Policy: AMismatch".

3/19/05 - Indonesia is lobbying hard with the Indian government to cutthe latter's palm oil import duty by 20 percentage points, a seniorIndonesian government official said Friday.

Mumbai , March 20 - UPSET with last month's steep hike in the customs dutyon palm group of oils, Indonesia, world's second largest producer andexporter, has decided to lodge a protest on the ground that the Indianduty structure favours soyabean oil and discriminates against palm oil.

3/16/2005 Nikkei English News TOKYO -- Nisshin Oillio Group Inc. will infiscal 2005 start overseas sales of value-added edible oil products thathelp prevent the buildup of cholesterol and fat, company officials said.

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Bernama) -- The call for a "level playing field" inagriculture could only be achieved if major players provide the necessaryleadership, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk PeterChin, said on Thursday.

Saturday March 19, 2005 - LION Forest Industries Bhd has entered into ajoint venture with Pemerintah Kabupaten Malinau (PKM) to develop 40,000haof oil palm plantation and build two crude palm oil mills in MalinauRegency, Kalimantan Timur.

16-03-2005 - Malaysia, the world's biggest producer of palm oil, wants topartner with US firms to produce and market biodiesel for the automotiveindustry, Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin was quoted as saying onMarch 15.

3/18/05 - Billionaire Robert Kuok has acquired KTV Oil Mills, a largeedible oil company in South India, to introduce imported oil under its owninternational brand name. The deal, worth around Rs 80-crore, is thesecond-largest in the sector, after Bunge took over HLL’s Dalda. But don’tthink of the buyers as barbarians at the gate.

3/18/2005 Pakistan Press International ISLAMABAD - Minister for Food,Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has called upon theagriculture scientists to devote their services to make the countryself-sufficient in edible oil production.

March 20, 2005 OTTAWA (CP) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency warnedpeople Thursday not to consume certain Heritage brand Palm Oils becausethey may contain a non-permitted colour that has been associated withcancer.

DAVAO CITY, March 18 Asia Pulse - The government is exploring investmentopportunities from Middle East countries to invest in palm oil projects insouthern Philippines to provide livelihoods for indigenous peoples andMuslim folks in Mindanao.

3/14/2005 Business Times - PRIVATE palm oil millers need to strive tofully automate their mills to lessen dependence on manual labour.