Berita Arkib

Oil palm plantation industry associations have appealed to the government on three issues: foreign workers, taxation and market access.

The proposal narrowly gained approval with 51.7 percent support in a nationwide referendum, AFP reported. Voters also backed a ban on full face coverings in public places, which would include Islamic full-face veils or burqa.

Crude palm oil (CPO) futures extended their gains today on the back of higher crude oil and soybean oil futures prices.

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The research house keeps its CPO price assumption of RM2,700 per metric tonne (MT) for 2020 to 2022, with the anticipation that CPO price will likely soften from the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) onwards due to better supply of major edible oils.

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership (CEPA) with India is crucial to Bangladesh retaining its trade benefits upon graduation from the least-developed country bracket, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday

One hundred and one (101) learners have graduated from the University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (UCAES) at Bunso in the Eastern Region, after a 10-week competency-based training in oil palm.

Switzerland votes Sunday on a free trade deal with Indonesia but the agreement, which opens up a vast potential market, could slip up over the issue of palm oil imports

China's crude oil imports for the first two months of 2021 reached 89.57 million tonnes, up 4.1% from a year ago and up 9.5% from the same period in 2019, bolstered by solid fuel demand and expanded refining capacity in the country.

Palm oil was at the heart of the referendum on the free trade agreement between Switzerland and Indonesia.

Indonesia's state energy company PT Pertamina said on Saturday it plans to start production at its Cilacap green refinery by the end of this year to make oil products such as diesel and jet fuel, entirely out of palm oil.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): Palm oil associations have lauded the government’s move to increase cess payment to fund investment in mechanisation and automation.