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MPOB Monthly Report Imminent: Malaysia's Palm Oil Stockpiles May Surge Past 2.6 Million Tonnes as Strong El Niño Fuels Distant-Month Supply Cut Expectations
Malaysia’s palm oil stocks rise in July despite 14.5pc jump in exports
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
CPO futures end mostly higher on soybean oil gains
M\'sia, Turkey Eye Further Cooperation - Dompok
05/08/2009 (Bernama), Ankara - Turkey is open to further cooperation with Malaysian partners in areas that can benefit both countries which may, at the same time, address trade imbalance between them, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.
Palm oil futures may drop to RM2000
04/08/2009 (Business Times) - PALM oil futures may drop to RM2,000 (US$573) a metric ton if inventories pick up in September as production peaks, according to Dorab Mistry, director of Godrej International Ltd.
Palm oil boycott will hurt impoverished farmers
05/08/2009 (ABC News) - It's rich for activists in developed countries to oppose using developing world palm oil in food manufacturing, writes the Institute of Public Affairs' Tim Wilson.
India to protect farmers in goods agreement with ASEAN: PM
04/08/2009 (Xinhua), New Delhi - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ensured that the India-ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement would protect the interests of Indian farmers by yielding no tariff concession to ASEAN countries, said a senior Indian government official on Monday.
Dompok Calls On Turkey To Grab Opportunities In Palm Oil
03/08/2009 (Bernama), Istanbul - Malaysia is hopeful of an increase in its palm oil exports to Turkey and the surrounding countries with the opening of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) regional office in the Turkish capital, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.
UAE No Longer Hub For Malaysian Palm Oil: Traders
03/08/2009 (Khaleej Times), Dubai — High costs to re-export the commodity have moved traders to rethink a strategy to develop the UAE into a trading hub for Malaysian palm oil. The UAE’s palm oil imports from Malaysia fell nearly 50 per cent between January to June due to rising shipping costs to re-export the commodity from the Gulf Arab state, traders? said on Sunday.
Greenpeace calls on President Yudhoyono to help stop forest fires
02/08/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - Greenpeace called on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take immediate action to tackle the latest spate of forest fires that has hit Sumatra’s Riau Province as well as West and Central Kalimantan and parts of Sulawesi.
July palm oil exports up 14%
31/07/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Malaysia’s July palm oil exports advanced 14% compared to June on higher demand especially from China where economic growth is supporting consumption.
Yellow peas is the new palm oil
02/08/2009 (The Economic Times) - Why is the rest of India is not moaning like you and me about dal at Rs 100/kg? It’s because people are smart. They have switched to yellow peas, the hot new source of protein with great taste and at a fifth of arhar’s price.
