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Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for Nov. 1-15 fell 11.75% to 673,991 tonnes from 763,772 tonnes shipped during Oct. 1-15, according to independent inspection company AmSpec Agri Malaysia on Monday.

Malaysian palm oil futures edged higher on Monday, tracking gains in rival Dalian oils, although reports of top buyer India cutting imports due to a rise in the price of the commodity limited gains.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has welcomed the move to regularise undocumented migrant workers, saying it will help solve the sector’s persistent labour shortage

The United States is likely to re-engage on various trade treaties with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec), following optimism spurred by Joe Biden's victory at the US presidential election.

India imported 518,370 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia in October, almost 32% more than the previous month’s volume.

CBOT agricultural futures staged a mixed performance in the past week, while technically the agricultural futures are in a bullish position with the value of the U.S. dollar likely to decline

THE Dow benchmark closed 834 points higher on the first market day of the week after Joe Biden won the presidential electoral vote. Aside from that, Pfizer and BioNtech claimed their vaccines on treating the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) are more than 90 per cent effective based on their trial results

IOI Corporation may not fully benefit from the recent spike in crude palm oil (CPO) price in 1QFY21E due to the usual one-month forward sales typical of integrated players, Maybank Investment Bank Research says.

After almost a decade of “negotiating with blood, sweat and tears,” as Malaysia’s trade minister put it, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership was signed this weekend at the conclusion of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. Fifteen countries — all of ASEAN, alongside Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and China — will be part of this giant trading bloc. Sixteen countries were due to join, of course, until India withdrew from negotiations.

Japanese business leaders welcomed the signing of the world’s largest trade deal by Tokyo and 14 other Asia-Pacific partners on Sunday, expecting a boost in trade and investment in the region and strengthening of supply chains.

South Korea will hold the fourth round of negotiations with Chile this week on revising their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) that went into effect in 2004, Seoul's trade ministry said Monday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar sounded the alarm about Chinese expansionism a day before the 10-nation ASEAN signed a free trade pact with China and four other countries while India stayed away.