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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
Strong El Niño forecast signals fresh upside for palm oil prices
CPO futures end mostly higher on soybean oil gains
Palm oil maintains its price advantage over soybean oil, but only through the end of summer
Edible oil panel for stable duty
21/2/06 New Delhi, (PTI) - A panel set up by the government today proposed a uniform 72.5 per cent import tariff for all edible oils, except soya, besides a nominal 7.5 per cent duty differential between crude and refined oils.
Oil palm production top priority in Liguasan
17/2/06 (Sun Star) - NORTH Cotabato's Office of the Provincial Agriculturist is pushing for oil palm production and utilization in idle lands of the province around Liguasan Marsh.
Hectic lobbying on by vegoil refiners against cheap imports
21/2/06 ( Business Line) - HECTIC lobbying by the country's vegetable oil industry - refineries and vanaspati producers, to be precise - to obtain some relief from the assault of low-priced imports has taken many shapes and forms including representations to the Union Government and full-page advertisements in newspapers to draw the Finance Minister's attention.
Pakistan and Malaysia to hold 5th round of FTA talks from 27th
22/2/06 ISLAMABAD (Daily Times) - The fifth round of Pakistan-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement negotiations is to be held on Feb 27-28 at Islamabad.
MARDI Starts "Green Revolution"
21/2/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - MARDI wants to revolutionise agriculture, make it a money-spinning sector for the country under the Ninth Malaysia Plan".
Johor Govt To Help Develop Oil Palm Plantation, Fishing Port In Aceh
14/2/06 BANDA ACEH (Bernama) -- The Johor government plans to help develop an oil palm plantation and a fishing port in Aceh.
Biofuels Set To Dominate Palm Oil Conference Talks
14/2/06KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--When palm oil industry participants converge in Malaysia next week for one of their most watched annual events, the one topic foremost on their minds appears to be biofuels.
Indonesian Ministries at Odds Over Frontier Oil Palm Estates
14/2/06 JAKARTA (Asia Pulse) - The Indonesian forestry ministry indicated it will not sanction plans to convert forest lands in frontier areas in Kalimantan into oil palm plantations.
Global Demand for Soybeans, Other Oilseeds Disappointing in Last Quarter of 2005
Demand for oilseeds especially soybean in the last quarter of calendar 2005 was disappointing.
