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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
Mpohor-Wassa East Assembly assists oil palm farmers with inputs
05/10/2008 (Modern Ghana) - The Mpohor-Wassa East District Assembly had spent about GHC 165,949 to procure seedlings for supply to institutions and individual farmers to boost oil palm cultivation in the district on credit.
Natives reject plan for oil palm project
05/10/2008 (The Star), Miri - Some 900 natives from the Berawan-Tering ethnic group in interior northern Sarawak have rejected a proposal by a private land development giant to acquire 80,000ha of their native land to be turned into an oil palm plantation.
PVMA demands rationalisation of duty on cooking oil import
05/10/2008 (Daily Times), Karachi - The government should increase custom duty on imported vegetable ghee in order to discourage import and encourage more production in the country, said Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA) Saturday.
Palm oil rebound not likely in short-term
04/10/2008 (The Financial Express) - Ballooning vegetable oil stocks and a fast-declining interest from funds in volatile commodities may hold off a recovery in palm oil prices until 2009, despite its fall to a level much lower than rival soyoil.
Heavy import defaults to hit palm oil traders hard
30/09/2008 (The Economic Times), Mumbai - Palm oil, India’s primary edible oil, which had witnessed heavy import defaults since June ‘08 because of the high price, is catching local traders and end-users on the wrong foot even as the price has eased.
Samples of hazardous palm oil sent for laboratory test
29/09/2008 (Regional Times), Karachi - Special team of health department, on the directives of Sindh Heath Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed, Sunday visited Port Qasim Authority and took the samples of hazardous palm oil for laboratory test.
United Plantations gets US seal of approval
28/09/2008 (NST Online), New York - The American Palm Oil Council (APOC) announced that a Malaysian oil palm plantation has received the first-ever certification as the first plantation to adopt the strictest standards of sustainability for its palm-oil production.
India\'s palm oil importers may negotiate discounts
28/09/2008 (Reuters), Mumbai - Indian traders who reneged on contracts to import palm oil hope to negotiate discounts from suppliers to resolve disputes but they need to act fast to retain credibility, trade officials and an analyst said on Sunday.
Quality of palm oil still unclear
27/09/2008 (The Nation), Karachi - The government has yet to specify the standard of the disputed RBD palm oil as chemical experts have once again suspected it authenticity of its samples collected from IFFCO Refinery from where it was seized and dumped nine years ago.
