PIPOC NEWS:: versi melayu ::

Palm Oil Not The Cause For Shrinking Number Of Orang Utans, Says GAPKI
By Mahanum Abdul Aziz KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Not all environment issues and related problems like the shrinking number of orang utans in Indonesia can be blamed on the expansion of oil palm plantations in the country, says an industry member.

Biotechnology To Revolutionise Oil Palm Oil Industry
By Ahmad Farizal Hajat KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Biotechnology offers vast opportunities to energise and revolutionise the oil palm oil industry.

Codes Of Practice For Palm Oil Industry To Take Effect 2008
By Ahmad Farizal Hajat KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- The Codes of Practice (COP) for the Malaysian palm oil industry, launched at the International Palm Oil Congress (PIPOC) 2007 here today, will take effect by middle of next year.

PIPOC Sees Record Attendance
By Minggu Simon Lhasa, Mahanum Aziz & Ahmad Farizal Hajat KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- This year's MPOB International Palm Oil Congress set a record, pulling its biggest crowd ever with close to 2,000 participants comprising both locals and foreigners.

No Decision Yet On Subsidy For Biodiesel
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- No decision has been made yet on the subsidy for biodiesel, according to a Plantation Industries abd Commodities Ministry official

Price A Major Factor In Determining Palm Oil Demand In India
By Minggu Simon Lhasa KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Pricing will be one of the major factors in determining the share that Malaysian palm oil can command in India's lucrative edible oils market, according to an Indian vegetable oils industry official.

Participate Actively In Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil, Says MPOB
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia wants all palm oil industry players to actively participate in the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in efforts to address the misconceptions and negative reports and issues surrounding palm oil plantations

Prices Ease On Indonesia's Plan To Increase Export Tax
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- Crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed lower Wednesday on Indonesia's plans to raise its export tax on the commodity to ten percent in September, dealers said.

Greater Emphasis Needed To Boost Oil Palm Yields, Says Industry Player
By Ahmad Farizal Hajat KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- Policy makers and industry players should put more emphasis on increasing the national average yields of the two leading palm oil producers -- Malaysia and Indonesia -- which have stagnated over the last two decades.

Palm Oil Use Increases In U.S. Food Industry
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- The trans fatty acids (trans fats or TFA) issue in the U.S. has prompted a significant increase in palm oil use by the food industry in that country, a top official of the Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils (ISEO) in Washington said today.

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