KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Malaysian palm oil futures slipped today, tracking overnight losses in rival soy oil, as traders await key palm oil board data though the market is on course for a second weekly gain.

PUTRAJAYA, July 1 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof who is also Plantation and Commodities Minister will lead the Malaysian delegation to the Malaysian Palm Oil Forum-East Africa Region 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya from July 3 to 7.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof will have a meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer, director-general in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Environment, on June 28.

LONDON, June 2 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof has hit out at the anti-palm oil lobby which blames the crop for the decline in orangutan populations, saying that hunting poses a far greater threat to biodiversity compared with oil palm plantations.

BRUSSELS, May 31 – The European Union (EU) is open for engagement to address issues raised by the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) on the unjust European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which is detrimental to free and fair trade.

BRUSSELS, May 31 – The Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification scheme, introduced in 2013, is constantly evolving and improving, said Deputy Prime Minister and Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

BRUSSELS, May 29 – The government will fight against any discriminatory trade practices against Malaysia’s agricommodity sector, says Deputy Prime Minister and Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

BRUSSELS, May 29 – Malaysia and Malaysians should adopt a ‘hand in glove’ strategy to defend palm oil specifically and agricommodities products at large against unjust regulations, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Plantation and Commodities Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Some of Malaysia's largest palm oil producers are not hiring workers from Bangladesh because of concerns over exploitative practices during recruitment, companies and labour consultants say.

NEW DELHI, May 12 — India imported more than 1.5 million tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia over the last six months.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Malaysia's palm oil inventories at the end of April are forecast to drop to their lowest level in 11 months as domestic use rises amid flat production, a Reuters survey showed on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) is optimistic that Malaysia can maintain and even grow its palm oil market share in India, Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — When palm oil prices soared to record highs last year, a Malaysian estate manager surnamed Lim postponed replanting his old, unproductive trees for a third consecutive year to lock in profits — a decision he regrets and is scrambling to fix.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The government will improve the levy collection mechanism and is prepared to review the windfall profit threshold by taking into consideration palm oil production cost, said Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan today.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China Chamber of Commerce of Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce, and Animal By-products (CFNA) to enhance trade and cooperation in the palm oil sector between both countries on palm oil supply chain stabilisation fields.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (KPK) said the government does not plan to regulate the price of Malaysian palm oil as a government-controlled product for now.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — The proposal to allow contributors of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to take bank loans by using their contribution as collateral will be among the matters to be discussed in the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Small farmers deserve to be treated fairly and must be exempted from the European Union Deforestation-free Regulation’s (EUDR) unrealistic demands, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Malaysian palm oil and rubber smallholders on Wednesday filed a petition to the European Union to protest against a new law preventing imports into the bloc of commodities linked to deforestation risks.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are projected to trade in a wider range of RM3,840 to RM4,260 next week, said Mumbai-based Sunvin Group commodity research head Anilkumar Bagani.