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Palm oil consumption forecast to increase
CPO Reference Price Falls 3.9 Percent in December 2025
Palm oil inventories to stay elevated next year
Palm Oil Extends Slide as Stronger Ringgit, Rising Stocks Pressure Prices
Creating Skilled Planters
04/07/2011 (The Star) - It is tough to attract the younger generation to start a career as a professional planter in Malaysia nowadays
Unbalanced Power In Trade
04/07/2011 (Jakarta Post) - The EU and ASEAN states have been discussing the possibility of signing a Free Trade Agreement since 2007. Thankfully, the Indonesian government has decided that another one to two years is needed to fully investigate the effects of the FTA before signing.
Indonesia Mails Objection To Australia\'s Palm Oil Labeling Bill
04/07/2011 (Jakarta Post) - The Indonesian government has stated its objection to Australia’s Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling-Palm Oil) bill 2010.
Malaysia’s Sime Derby to Establish Its First Palm Oil Refinery in Indonesia
01/07/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Malaysia-based Sime Darby Plantation, the world’s largest listed plantation group, is planning to build its first palm oil refinery in Indonesia, boosting its number of worldwide sites to nine.
Commerce To Cut Cooking Oil Price
01/07/2011 (Bangkok Post) - The Commerce Ministry\'s sub-committee on vegetable oil for consumption will soon meet to consider a cut in the egulated retail price of vegetable oils, because their market prices are falling, permanent secretary Yanyong Phuangrach said
FMCG Companies Rule Out Price Cut
01/07/2011 (Hindustan Times) - Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firms are set to gain from a decline in palm oil and other commodity prices. However, consumers will have to wait a little longer for prices to come down since companies have ruled out cutting prices of their products, atleast for now. According to a report by IIFL Institutional Equities, personal-care firms, including Emami, Godrej Consumer and Marico, are likely to benefit the most.
Import of 180,000T Palm Oil For July Likely
01/07/2011 (The Nation) - Pakistan may import as much as 180,000 tonnes of palm oil for July and has covered a lot of its requirement of the vegetable oil ahead of Ramazan, a top industry official said on Wednesday.
Malaysia, Indonesia bourses did well
01/07/2011 (Channel News Asia) - Stock markets in Malaysia and Indonesia have outpaced their Southeast Asian counterparts for the first half trading of this year.
Smart: Indonesia Palm Plantings Since Late 2005 Not In Primary Forests
01/07/2011 (Capital) - PT Smart (SMAR.JK), an Indonesian subsidiary of Golden Agri Resources Ltd. (E5H.SG), said a research team has determined that land preparation for palm oil plantation expansion in West and Central Kalimantan provinces since November 2005 wasn't carried out on primary forest lands, refuting some of the allegations made last year by Greenpeace and other environmental groups.
