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MPOB: Malaysia urged to diversify palm oil markets amid US tariffs
Palm Oil demand from China and India expected to rise as prices become competitive, says MPOC
CPO Futures End Lower On Strong Output, Rising Stock Concerns
Palm oil stocks expected to climb 15pct in May on increased output
Astra Agro Says Palm Oil Output May Increase 20% N
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia's biggest publiclytraded agricultural company, said its palm oil production may increase byas much as a fifth next year, about the same as growth this year, becausemore trees will mature.
Crude Palm Oil Price Predicted To Rise 5% In 2005
JAKARTA, Sept 30 Asia Pulse - The Indonesian Association of Palm OilCompanies (Gapki) predicted that the price of palm oil will increase by 5per cent early next year.
Edible oil imports likely to rise; record soya cro
Mumbai , Oct. 2 - EDIBLE oil imports into the country were an estimated6.26 lakh tonnes (lt) in September as per preliminary data made availableto Business Line by the industry portal oilmandi.com.
IIU Don Successfully Turns Local Bio-Wastes Into U
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 (Bernama) -- Dr Farouk Abd-Elaziem Gad, an AssociateProfessor in molecular biotechnology engineering at the InternationalIslamic University (IIU) in Gombak near here, has yielded positive resultsfrom his research on local plant wastes as he has found ways to convertthem into useful enzymes.
Making estates, farms free of harmful chemicals
Oct 3 - HERBICIDES are the most commonly used chemicals in plantations,followed by insecticides, fungicides and rodenticides.About 80 per cent of plantations and farms use the herbicide paraquat,commonly called kopi-o, because of its coffee colour.
Ministry Approves Additional Duty Free CPO For Exp
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 (Bernama) -- Minister of Plantation Industries andCommodities, Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, said Thursday that he has approvedadditional duty free Crude Palm Oil (CPO) for export this year.
Philippines Plans To Export Coconut Biodiesel To J
9/30/2004 MANILA (Dow Jones)--The Philippines hopes to start exportingcoconut-based biodiesel to Japan next year, to meet demand for moreenvironmentally friendly fuels for automobiles, a senior official from theDepartment of Agriculture said Wednesday.
Vitamin E in palm oil more effective in protecting
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 - It has long been known that Vitamin E has healthbenefits. But the secrets of Vitamin E go deeper than that, according toresearcher Prof Chandan K. Sen .
Zero-burning possible solution to containing Indon
Oct 3 - MALAYSIA’S zero-burning techniques may just be the answer toIndonesia’s bushfire woes. Indonesian officials on a recent study tour ofMalaysia felt the techniques could also be adopted to spare the regionfrom further haze problems.
