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KUALA LUMPUR (April 18 2003) : In India, traders said edible oil suppliesin the world's largest importer could be hit with several thousand tonnesof oil held up at the ports as a truckers strike entered its fourth day.

CHICAGO (April 17 2003) : The US Commerce Department has revised upwardits US 2002 and January 2003 soyabean export estimates to China by a totalof about 27.4 million bushels to reflect stronger sales than previouslyreported, a department aide said on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16 2003) : European palm oil consumers arewell-covered through September, putting more pressure on main producerMalaysia already shaken by poor exports, traders said on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16 2003) : "People are talking about risingproduction in coming months and prospects of stocks reaching one milliontonnes at the end of April," said one dealer.

KARACHI (April 16 2003) : Pakistan's palm oil market remained mixed overthe past week and importers hesitated to place fresh orders, preferring towait for world prices to settle down, dealers said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (April 16 2003) : The Russian government may scrap a five percentimport tariff on soyabeans to stimulate domestic processing, a spokesmanfor the Economic Development and Trade Ministry said on Tuesday.

HAMBURG (April 16 2003) : US soyabean futures prices could be vulnerableto short term falls despite the new contract highs reached last week,Hamburg-based newsletter Oil World said.

SAO PAULO (April 11 2003) : Brazil will likely surpass the United Statesas the No 1 producer of soyabeans before the end of this decade underpresent market conditions, soya analysts said on Wednesday.

HAMBURG (April 11 2003) : Weaker global wheat and soyabean prices thisyear were forecast on Thursday by the AIECE European working group oncommodity prices.

JAKARTA (April 11 2003) : Indonesia's palm oil stocks are at a criticallevel due to higher usage and healthy demand from India and China, traderssaid on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 (Reuters) - Malaysia will sign a $368 millioncontract to buy battle tanks from Poland on Friday, a government officialtold Reuters on Thursday.The contract is for the supply of 48 battle tanks from Poland's ForeignTrade Enterprise Bumar Ltd.In March 2002, Malaysia agreed in principle to buy Polish PT-91 battletanks, a modified version of Russia's T-72. The PT-91, weighing 45 tonnes,has a 60 km per hour top speed and state-of-the-art firepower with day andnight vision.A source close to the deal said 30 percent of the price will covered bya counter-trade involving the sale of Malaysian palm oil.Malaysia Mining Corp Bhd (MMC), the flagship listed company ofbusinessman Syed Mokhtar Albukhary, will also sign a contract on Friday tomaintain the battle tanks for 15 to 20 years, according to a statementfrom the company.MMC has interests in Malaysia's largest independent power producerMalakoff Bhd and a fast-growing transhipment facility Port of TanjungPelepas.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 11 2003) : Cargo surveyor SGS said Malaysian palm oilexports for April 1-10 stood at 314,145 tonnes, down from 355,514 forMarch 1-10 and below market expectations of between 360,000 and 375,000tonnes.