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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
CPO futures end mostly higher on soybean oil gains
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
Palm oil maintains its price advantage over soybean oil, but only through the end of summer
Malaysia To Hold First Palm Oil Fair In Egypt
DUBAI, April 18 (Bernama) -- In efforts to better generate greater global recognition of the nutritional benefits of palm oil, Malaysia will hold the first Malaysia-Egypt Palm Oil Trade Fair and Seminar in Cairo on April 23-24.
Malaysia supplies oil palm seedlings to Pakistan
17/4/07 (People Daily Online) - Malaysia is supplying oil palm seedlings to Pakistan to establish a 40,000-hectare oil palm plantation in the province of Sindh, local press reported Tuesday.
Kerala demands roll back of palm oil duty cut
19/4/07 (India eNews.com) - A Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in withdrawing the government's decision to reduce import duty on palm oil as the move would harm the interests of coconut farmers in the state.
Sarawak opening up more peat soil land for oil palm cultivation
18/4/07 (The Star) - Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said the state, which has 1.7 million hectares of peat soil land - or 63% of the country's 2.7 million hectares - had planted oil palm trees on some 500,000ha of deep peat soil.
Asean's tough posture may delay FTA
19/4/07 (The Economic Times) - NEW DELHI: As India and Asean are about to enter the 16th and probably the last round of negotiations on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA), an integral element of the envisaged comprehensive economic co-operation agreement between them, Asean is again acting tough.
Palm Oil climbs a new high in more than eight years on exports
17/4/07 (The Financial Times) - Palm oil futures rose to the highest in more than eight years on concern that supply may lag behind demand following estimates of higher-than-expected exports from Malaysia, the world's largest producer of the commodity.
China, India to import more edible oils - Oil World
17/4/07 HAMBURG (Reuters) - China and India are set to sharply raise their vegetable oil imports and signs are Argentine soyoil is benefiting, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said.
Malaysia says activists harming palm oil industry
17/4/07 (China Post) - Malaysia accused Western activists Monday of trying to undermine the palm oil industry by claiming that orangutans are threatened by the clearing of forests in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Palm Oil No Harm to Orangutans
16/4/07 (AP) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia accused Western activists Monday of trying to undermine the palm oil industry by claiming that orangutans are threatened by the clearing of forests in Malaysia and Indonesia.
