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Latest updates, insights and developments across the palm oil industry.
Oil Palm Industry – Not Understood and Utilised to Potential
Consequence to COVID-19, Sri Lanka is now compelled to ban imports, restrict imports or increase import taxes to manage its valuable...
Sep 23, 2020


Sarawak Oil Palms Embarks On New Initiatives, Seeks Diversification
Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd (Sarawak Oil Palms) has embarked on new initiatives and seeks market diversification, to overcome challenges such...
Sep 23, 2020
Only Palm Oil Can Help India Achieve Self-Sufficiency in Edible Oil
If India wants to produce as much edible oil as it is consuming through its traditionally-grown oilseeds, the country may need at least...
Sep 23, 2020
Malaysia Not Threatened by Bill Gates' Synthetic Palm Oil Project
Malaysia does not see the production of synthetic palm oil by US start-up company, C16 Biosciences, as a threat to natural palm oil...
Sep 15, 2020
Unrefined Palm Oil Boosts Lung Immunity Against COVID-19
A study shows that unprocessed red palm oil helps to maintain lung immunity and respiratory health, strengthening's one's body defences...
Sep 15, 2020


Palm Oil Company Introduces Technology into Its Operations
Aside from strengthening control functions, digitalization in Astra Agro’s operations also aims to assist with speedy analysis and...
Sep 15, 2020


India Allots Licences to Buy 1.1 Million Tonnes of Refined Palm Olein from Indonesia
India has issued import licences for 1.1 million tonnes of refined palm olein from Indonesia, government and trade sources told Reuters....
Sep 15, 2020


About Sustainability, Regulation and Consumer Demand
Even as Malaysia and Indonesia work towards combating misperceptions behind anti-palm oil products from grocery store shelves, anti-palm...
Sep 15, 2020


Nepal's Palm Oil Exports Could Suffer As India Suspends Import Licences
Shipments in the first eight months of the current fiscal year were valued at Rs 15.35 billion. Nepal's lucrative palm oil exports to...
Sep 14, 2020


There's No Palm Oil Alternative
I read a few news reports in a couple of international media recently about a start-up based in New York that is ready to go big in...
Sep 14, 2020
Tax Exemption Augurs Well for Palm Oil Industry
COVID-19 hit oil palm smallholders and companies can heave a sigh of relief overt a tax exemption provided under the National Economic...
Sep 14, 2020


&Green Fund Makes Palm Oil Sector Investment in PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk
PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk. (“DSNG”) has signed a US$ 30.0 million 10-year loan facility from Stichting andgreen.fund (“&Green”), a...
Sep 14, 2020
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