Berita Arkib

25/09/04 - The soybean has a bumper harvest in Heilongjiang, approaching6.2 million tons, up 11%. The soybean has a bumper harvest in NortheastInner Mongolian Autonomous Region, approaching 1.05 million tons, up 96%.NGOIC currently forecast the Chinese soybean production at 17.5 milliontons this year, the highest level in history and up 14%, and the domesticsoybean crushing consumption is forecast at 8 million tons.

CANBERRA, Sept 27 AAP - Global crop yields must soar in coming years orthe world will face a grain shortage, one of the world's leading grainsexperts warned today.

25/09/04 - The grade 4 soyoil ex-factory price is at 6,300 Yuan per tonthis week in Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin, with the bulk grade 1 soyoilex-factory prices at 6,520-6,560 Yuan per ton. The grade 4 soyoilex-factory price has dropped again in Shandong, with the current prices at6,200 Yuan per ton, and 6,280-6,300 Yuan per ton in Henan.The grade 4 soyoil ex-factory prices this week are at 6,230-6,240 Yuan perton in Jiangsu, 6,150 Yuan per ton in Guangdong and 6,220-6,240 Yuan perton in Fujian. The current grade 4 soyoil ex-factory prices are at 6,280Yuan per ton in Dalian and 6,400 Yuan per ton in Shenyang, Liaoningprovince, and 6,460-6,480 Yuan per ton in Jilin and Heilongjiang.The grade 4 soyoil ex-factory prices this week are at 6,500 Yuan per tonin Guangdong and Fujian, 6,700 Yuan per ton in centreal China and 7,000Yuan per ton in Sichuan and Chongqing.(1 yuan = RM0.4591)

MUMBAI, Sept 28 Asia Pulse - India's imports of palm oil were expected toshoot up to 4 million tonnes during the current year as against lastyear's imports of 3.66 million tonnes, according to Godrej Internationaldirector Dorab Mistry.

28/09/04 NEW DELHI (Dow Jones)--Indonesia's exports of palm oil to Indiacould rise marginally next year given that India's edible oil output mayfall because of a smaller oilseeds harvest, an Indonesian industryofficial told Dow Jones Newswires.

29/09/04 - NEW Britain Palm Oil Limited has set January as its date toenter and develop oil palm in the Solomon Islands.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Sept 27 (Bernama) -- TH Estates Holdings Sdn Bhd (THEstates), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lembaga Tabung Haji and Jasa BaktiSdn Bhd Monday signed a joint-venture agreement, which will see TH Estatesinjecting RM11.9 million capital to develop an oil palm estate in thestate.

9/27/2004 BUSINESS LINE- Mumbai, Sept. 25 - GLOBAL production of 10leading oilseeds, estimated at 365.35 million tonnes (mt) during 2004-05,is expected to result in ample oilseed supplies worldwide but there areconcerns about the drought in Argentina and Brazil, according to Mr ThomasMielke, Editor, Oil World.

JAKARTA (Antara): The Agency for the Assessment and Application ofTechnology (BPPT) started on Monday testing the use of palm-oil-basedbiodiesel on 23 employee buses as a way to introduce the use of biodieselfuel.

Mumbai , Sept. 26 - INDIA'S edible oil industry could witness aconsolidation of domestic and international players, especially amongthose involved in overseas trades, according to a senior industry member.

Dr. Drew WernerSeptember 26, 2004

KUALA TERENGGANU, Sept 27 (Bernama) -- TH Estates Holdings Sdn Bhd (THEstates), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lembaga Tabung Haji and Jasa BaktiSdn Bhd Monday signed a joint-venture agreement, which will see TH Estatesinjecting RM11.9 million capital to develop an oil palm estate in thestate.