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KUCHING: The Sarawak government welcomes the call by Indonesian President Joko Widodo for Malaysia and Indonesia to intensify cooperation towards tackling discrimination against palm oil production by European Union (EU) nations.

Jakarta. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have agreed to form a united front in fighting off the European Union's discriminatory policy against palm oil-based products from the two Southeast Asian countries.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said he wanted to increase the portion of diesel blended with crude palm oil (CPO) from the current 20 percent ( B20 ) to 30 percent ( B30 ) starting January next year and to 50 percent ( B50 ) by the end of 2020.

TAWAU: Sabah will be the first State to use the Biodiesel B20 in Malaysia by June next year if efforts to upgrade some oil depots are accelerated, said Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok.

Local palm oil producers have said that the nine per cent interest rate applicable to loans under the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’ Scheme was too high and would not be able to spur and sustain local production of palm oil.

The Indonesian Ministry of Commerce has threatened to impose higher tariffs on EU dairy products in response to the proposed measure by the bloc on palm oil biodiesel, the BTA quoted France as saying.

The European Union’s drive to expand its bioeconomy has environmental impacts that are unsustainable and occur largely on other continents, researchers have found.

For Jamie Beyer, president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association (MSGA), and her folks in the U.S. soybean farming industry, life was far from easy over the past year.

Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains for the fourth straight session to touch an over three-month high on Thursday evening, tracking gains related to edible oils and crude oil, while short covering activity also provided support

The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) surprisingly cut its policy rate from 1.75% to 1.50% by a vote of 5-2 on Wednesday

The ongoing trade war has led soybean farmers in the United States to brace themselves for record-high carryout stock this year of over 1 billion bushels in leftover supply

Oil price jumped more than 2% on Thursday on expectations that falling prices could lead to production cuts, coupled with a steadying of the yuan currency after a week of turmoil spurred by an escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions.