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Malaysia's total palm oil stocks surge 24.54% to 3.51mil tonnes in Sept
CPO Futures Close Lower On Weaker Soybean Oil Prices
Palm oil falls to 11-week low on weak exports, rising output
CPO Futures End Lower In Line With Weak Regional Vegetable Oil Markets
Africa: Food to Eat Or to Run Your Car?
23/10/2007 (All African.com) - As oil prices soar and biofuel production becomes more attractive, especially to poor countries, a debate is raging over its possible impact on food security.
High palm, soy prices to limit November imports
23/10/2007 (Daily Times Pakistan), New Delhi - Sharply higher global prices of palm and soy oil will limit edible oil imports next month by private trade in India, the world’s leading buyer, despite lower oil stocks at the ports, traders said on Tuesday.
Govt may aid edible oil imports
24/10/2007 (Business Standard) - India, the world’s second-biggest vegetable oil buyer, may ask state trading firms to import more edible oils, rather than cut tariffs to boost local supplies, said Dorab Mistry, director at Godrej International.
Global palm oil market to hot up with Nafed move
23/10/2007 (Commodity Online), Mumbai - Change is in the air for the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd’s (Nafed) ways of buying crude palm oil from the global market.
Don’t use edible oil for bio-fuel: SEA
23/10/2007 (Commodity Online), Mumbai - Discourage use of edible oil for bio-fuel production or face starvation. That is the message of Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) to the Indian government.
Edible oil for biofuel under attack
23/10/2007 (Business Standard) - The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) has urged the government to discourage the use of edible oils, including rapeseed oil, palm oil and soybean oil, for biofuel as it would lead to a price rise in edible oils.
Experts work to save orangutans
22/10/2007 (The New Zealand Herald), Chicago - The remaining 62,000 orangutans in the wild could be wiped out within decades as forests in their Asian island habitat are decimated by loggers and palm oil farmers, say conservationists.
Palm oil demand wiping out world\'s orangutans
19/10/2007 (Chicago Sun-Times) - Studies conflict on the health benefits of palm oil, but experts meeting at the Brookfield Zoo said Thursday it's bad for one species: orangutans.
Coconut oil may not gain from ban
20/10/2007 (Business Standard) - The move to ban the import of palm oil through the Kochi port may not provide relief for the coconut oil sector, reeling under falling prices.
