Market News 
11.19.08
Biopetrol Bringing Rotterdam Plant Online
Switzerland-based Biopetrol Industries began to bring its 400,000mt per year pla...
11.18.08
Crude palm oil prices will likely remain subdued for the next several months wit...
11.17.08
OPEC Cuts Demand Forcast as Oil Continues to Drop
Oil fell for a second day as Japan entered its first recession since 2001 and Ch...
11.13.08
CPO Prices May Not Have Hit Bottom Yet
A London-based vegetable oil analyst said that crude palm oil prices have not bo...
11.12.08
Global Investors Promote Renewable Energy
Global institutional investors holding more than $6 trillion in assets are pushi...
11.11.08
Indonesia and Malaysia to Cut CPO Production
The Indonesian and Malaysian governments have agreed to cut production and incre...
11.10.08
World Oilseed Output Forcast Raised
World oilseed output is forecast at 431 million mt for 2008/09 compared to 404 m...
11.07.08
Global Soy Oil Trade Likely to Decline
Global trade of soybean oil is likely to decline by 1.0 million mt, or 4%, in 20...
11.06.08
ICIS pricing has enhanced its US and European biofuel price reports with new pri...
11.05.08
US Presidental Election Impacts World Markets
The dollar gained ground on the euro following Barack Obama’s presidential elect...
Indonesia Raises CPO Prices
07.01.08
Indonesia will raise export taxes and base prices for crude palm oil and its derivatives in July to keep them in line with rising international prices, the trade ministry said.
The base export price for crude palm oil in July will be $1,144 per mt, up from $1,105 per mt in June. The export tax for CPO will be raised to 20% from the current 15%.
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