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Budget 2025 adjustments in export tax seen helping palm oil refining industry be more competitive
CPO FUTURES HIT TWO-YEAR HIGH ON BULLISH SENTIMENT, STRONG EXPORTS
CPO price strength could dissipate through end-2024, says BMI
CPO price forecast to climb for rest of the year
Asean-China to ink Services Agreement
12/1/07 (The Star)CEBU CITY - Asean and economic powerhouse China are set to open up each others services as part of efforts to establish a free trade bloc with the signing of an agreement between the regional grouping and China on Saturday.
Rafidah: FTA Talks With India Will Not Proceed If Conditions Not Met
CEBU CITY, Jan 11 (Bernama) -- Asean will not hesitate to stop negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India if the issue of Exclusion List of goods is not resolved by July this year.
M'sian palm oil exports reach a new record
12/1/07 (The Edge News) - Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian palm oil exports reached a record 31.81 billion ringgit (9.05 billion dollars) in 2006, thanks to high prices and strong demand from the food and biodiesel sectors, a report said Thursday.
PERFORMANCE OF THE MALAYSIAN PALM OIL INDUSTRY, DECEMBER 2006
Floods reduce palm oil production
10/1/07 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Palm oil Board said palm oil production dropped 26% to 1.14 million tonnes in December from the previous month after floods in main producing states of Johor and Pahang cut output.
2006 palm oil exports hit record RM31.8b
11/1/07 (NSTP) - THE value of Malaysia's palm oil exports reached a record RM31.81 billion last year, helped by factors including the high prices enjoyed by crude palm oil (CPO) in the second half.
RI moving fast on biofuel development
10/1/07 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Indonesia is laying the foundations to become one of the world's top biofuel producers in the coming years, with 59 energy firms and institutions inking 58 agreements Tuesday as their preliminary commitments to investing US$12.4 billion in the renewable energy sector.
ASEAN leaders to press for revival of trade talks
11/1/07 (The Jakarta Post) - The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will urge all the members of the 149-nation World Trade Organization (WTO), especially the major players involved in the Doha Round trade talks, to resume and push forward with the negotiating process.
India To Own First Bio-Diesel Plant
CHIDAMBARAM, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- A United States based biofuel company in association with Indian petroleum majors and National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, would set up the first bio-diesel pilot plant using solid catalyst, by 2008, according to a top scientist Thursday.
