Berita Arkib

14/03/2024 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - The post of oil palm harvester should be made a specialist job to attract Malaysian youths, the Dewan Rakyat heard today.

14/03/2024 (Daily Express), Keningau - The Government through the Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (KPK) is actively implementing various programmes with the aim of increasing the income of the oil palm smallholders in the state.

14/03/2024 (The Jakarta Post) - The European Union’s deforestation regulation (EUDR) will make it harder for Indonesian biodiesel to enter the EU market, as well as that of other countries, experts believe.

14/03/2024 (Bloomberg) - Europe’s incoming forest-protection rules are shaking up trade in palm oil, threatening to stall the fight against deforestation and risking high prices for European consumers, sustainability consultancy 3Keel Ltd. said.

14/03/2024 (Daily Express), Sandakan - Consumers in this district can get subsidised cooking oil packets from the cashier counter at selected retail outlets.

13/03/2024 (XM), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Wednesday to their highest closing in over a year, as strengthin rival edible oilsand firmer crude oil prices underpinned the market.

13/03/2024 (Bernama), Berlin – Malaysia, the world’s second-biggest palm oil producer, has urged Germany to adapt a more inclusive and fair approach regarding palm oil exports to Europe.

13/03/2024 (XM) - India's palm oil imports plunged to their lowest level in nine months in February, as higher prices prompted buyers to reduce purchases of the tropical oil in favour of rival sunflower oil, a leading trade body said on Wednesday.

13/03/2024 (New Straits Times) - SIME Darby Plantation Bhd (SD Plantation) plans to widen the use of technology in its operations on the ground to attract more Malaysians to work in oil palm plantations and change their perception of what is often regarded as 3D (dangerous, difficult, and dirty) jobs in the sector.

13/03/2024 (The Star Online), Ipoh - A shop in Tanjung Rambutan here has landed in hot water after refusing to sell bagged cooking oil to the public.

13/03/2024 (New Straits Times), Kota Baru - A smuggling attempt involving 10,175kg of 1kg Malaysian-subsidised cooking oil packed in polybags, destined for Thailand, was thwarted yesterday, leading to the arrest of a lorry driver and his attendant, both in their 30s.

14/03/2024 (Financial Express) - The imports of edible oils – palm, soybean and sunflower — in the first four months of the 2023-24 oil year (November-October) declined by 21% to 4.61 million tonne (MT) compared to same period last oil year. The high base of last year and an incipient spurt in global prices of the oils are the reason for the drop in imports on annual basis.