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KUALA LUMPUR – Genting Plantations Berhard booked in the fourth quarter 2014 (4Q2014) the income of the company increased 42% to be RM 579,0 millions than the same period in previous year (2013) which reaching RM 407,8 millions.

PONTIANAK – Director of Special Crime, West Kalimantan Police Department, Kombes (Pol) Widodo mentioned, his side is aiming the big collectors of stolen crude palm oil (CPO) in Jakarta.

PASIR PENGARAIAN - The Regional Government through Education and Sport Agency, District of Rokan Hulu (Rohul), Riau Province asked, all plantation companies operating in Rohul should make elementary and junior high schools around their companies.

KUALA LUMPUR – The palm oil fruit production of Genting Plantations Berhard from year on year (YoY) reached 1.656.000 metrik ton (MT) in 2014 or increased 9% than the production in 2013 which reaching 1.524.000 MT.

MUKOMUKO – Independent Palm Oil Farmers Association (IPOFA), District of Mukomuko, Bengkulu Province targeted, the selling fruit price should be minimally Rp 1.400/kg to Rp 1.500/kg.

JAKARTA - Chairman of Indonesian Plantation Businessmen Association (IPBA), Hasri Darmawan told, there are some analysis saying, the world palm oil price keeps decreasing. So the crude palm oil (CPO) price will be too in global markets.

NEW DELHI – Crude palm oil (CPO) price in the stock exchange, Monday (9/3) increased 0,54% to be Rs 461,80 per 10 kg, for the speculators created the new position after the demand in the spot markets.

MASAMBA – South Sulawesi Province is one region producing palm oil and the province will have new crude palm oil (CPO) factory in a village of Lampuawa, Subdistrict of Sukamaju, District of North Luwu.

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) concerns about the disturbances and problems in palm oil industries, such as, employees, taxes and customs and the expensive costs to have sustainable certificates which reduce the competitiveness in the markets.

MEDAN - President The Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA), Pravin S Lunkad mentioned, India still depends on the vegetable oil. In this case, India still needs Indonesian palm oil.

KUALA LUMPUR – Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), mentioned, in January 2015 noted, the trade was surplus RM 9,01 billions or it increased 41,8% than it in the previous month, 2014. The export still reached RM 63.6 billions while the imports decreased 5,3% to be RM54.59 miliar than last year.

PEKANBARU - Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim or famously known as UIN Suska locating in Pekanbaru, Riau Province cooperates with Pusat Penelitian kelapa sawit (PPKS) Medan, Thursday (6/3).

TELUK KUANTAN  - Until now, the independent farmers in many regions in Indonesia still have low productions. One of them is because of unqualified palm oil seeds.

MUKOMUKO – The fruit price of the farmers in District of Mukomuko, Bengkulu Province, in last several days increases from Rp1.379/kg to be Rp1.411/kg. Chairman of Independent Palm Oil Farmers Association, District of Mukomuko, Edi Suanto said in Mukomuko, Saturday (7/3).

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia as the second biggest palm oil producer in the world noted, the agricultural exports commodities in January 2015 decreased 13,4% to be RM 4.99 billions. These happened for the lower exports than palm oil or decreased 21,4% because of the falling volume and price.

JAKARTA – The subindustry of IndoAgri, PT PP London Sumatera Indonesia (Lonsum)  to the Investor Relations, Friday (25/2) explained, in the end of 2014, the planting activity of the company in some commodities reached 3.636 hectares (ha).

SAMARINDA – To realize the 2 million cow population, Governor of East Kalimantan, Awang Faroek asked the palm oil and mining companies to run integrated cow programme in palm oil plantation and in the mining concession area had by the companies.

 PEKANBARU – Indonesian Palm Oil Farmers Association (IPOFA) will visit Malaysia to meet the palm oil farmers and the government there, especially to the palm oil industries from the upstream to the downstream sectors.

LONDON – Palm oil company in Coast de Ivory, Dekel Oil booked, the crude palm oil (CPO production from March 31st – December 31st 2014 reached 14.242 tons, while the kernel oil production reached 2.5014 tons.

BARABAI – A group of people from Aliansi Penyelamatan Bumi Murakata (APBM), Thursday (5/3) gathered and protested, the licence of a palm oil company, PT Globalindo Lestari.