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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 under near-term pressure as rising stocks outweigh El Niño fears
Palm oil falls to 11-week low on weak exports, rising output
link to the rise in rhino beetles
01 June, 2005 Tuaran: Coconuts and oil palm at the Sabah AgriculturalPark in Tenom are among those attacked by the Asiatic Rhinoceros beetle,causing extensive damage and their proliferation lately has beenattributed to decades of logging which has left tonnes of wood rotting inthe forests, among others.
New Zealand's Grain Growers Fear Malaysian Palm Ke
6/2/2005 New Zealand Press Association, Ashburton - Mid Canterbury graingrowers are concerned at the potential risk of bird flu posed by importingpalm kernel from Malaysia.
Philippines, EU Sign Trade Pact for Coconut Produc
6/2/2005 Manila Standard - Coconut and fish products from the Philippinesnow have a chance of getting market access in the 25 member-states of theEuropean Union bloc after the signing of a 3.5 million euros (P240.8million) bilateral agreement.
Plans to grow more palm trees
BANGKOK, June 4 (TNA) - The Thai government plans to grow palm treescovering five million rai by 2008.
World Needs U.S. Grain Supplies, Says Market Analy
6/2/2005 Delta Farm Press - The United States has ample, exportablesupplies on hand in several major commodities at the same time worldsupplies in those commodities are falling. This could be positive for U.S.exports of rice, corn and soybeans in 2005-06, according to a marketanalyst.
GNC launches satiety supplement
5/23/2005 - Leading US supplement retailer GNC is rolling out the firstproduct containing the satiety ingredient Olibra, a combination of palmand oat oil fractions developed by Sweden’s LTP Lipid TechnologiesProvider, reports Dominique Patton.
M'sian Exporters To Benefit From New European Unio
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (Bernama) -- Malaysian exporters will benefit fromthe new European Union (EU) Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)scheme, said Herve Jouanjean, deputy director-general of the EuropeanCommission's External Relations Directorate General.
P&G may buy $2 bln in Indonesia acids, alcohols
JAKARTA, May 26 (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Chemicals will purchase up to$2 billion worth of fatty acids and fatty alcohols from Indonesia over thenext 10 years, a company official said on Thursday."The export value of the contract over 10 years will depend on marketconditions. My estimates are, over 10 years the value of the contract willprobably (be between) $1.7-$2.0 billion," said Martin Herrington, managingdirector for P&G Chemicals Asia.
Thai Olefins Bd Approves $119M Invest In Petchem P
Friday May 27, 2005, 2:23 pm - BANGKOK (Dow Jones)--The board ofpetrochemical producer Thai Olefins PCL (TOC.TH) has approved a plan toinvest in a $119 millionproject to produce methyl ester and fatty alcohol,the company said Friday. The project is expected to have a debt-to-equityratio of 1:1.
