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Indonesia must make policy changes to ensure it can keep subsidising its ambitious biodiesel programme, the head of a government agency in charge of collecting and managing palm oil export levies, told a virtual conference on Wednesday.

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto ensures the government will continue to bolster both the palm oil industry's economic resilience and socio-environmental sustainability through a string of policies.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi called on the European Union (EU) to give fair treatment to palm oil during the 23rd ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting held online on December 1.

The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) will continue to work on stabilising oil palm and rubber prices, while helping to ease the financial burden of agri-commodities smallholders.

US Customs and Border Protection will detain shipments containing cotton and cotton products originating from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a major cotton producer in the region, which is home to about 11 million Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority.

A total of 88.1% or 5.1 million hectares out of 5.9 million hectares under oil palm cultivation in the country have obtained the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification as at Nov 19, according to the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC).

Arguing against the phasing out of palm oil, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi urged the European Union (EU) to give fair treatment to the commodity during the 23rd ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting, held online on Tuesday.

The Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (PORAM) disagrees with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board's (MPOB) plan to impose an additional RM5 cess per tonne during these trying times.

Opposition MP Hanipa Maidin claims that changing the Malaysian palm oil campaign’s slogan to “Palm oil is God’s gift” may have a detrimental impact on the country

The Malaysian Estate Owners' Association (MEOA) is calling for taxes it deems to be unfair levied on the oil palm industry to be suspended or abolished.

Palm oil prices will continue to rise in the first half of 2021 as global supply squeezed by a La Nina weather pattern is set to remain tight, the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) said on Tuesday.

Heavy container congestion at Chinese and European ports has closed the used cooking oil (UCO) flexitank arbitrage on this trade route, with no reprieve on the horizon until next year's first quarter.