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Mahathir defends palm oil at the UN
NEW YORK: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia is opposed to attempts to ban the import of palm oil at the United Nations (UN), saying it is a classic case of the denial of free trade. Speaking at the General
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India hikes up tariff on Malaysia’s refined palm oil
India’s demand for Malaysian refined palm oil is likely to drop sharply in October following a tax hike, curtailing further exports from the Southeast Asian country and leading to higher inventories. India, the world’s biggest edible oil importer, on Wednesday
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Mydin supermarket chain bans ‘palm-oil-free’ products
Malaysia’s biggest supermarket chain Mydin has removed products labelled palm-oil-free from its stores, its top executive said today, as part of a campaign by the world’s second-largest producer of the oil to protect the commodity’s image at home and abroad.
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Malaysia, India’s new top palm oil supplier
MUMBAI: Malaysia is set to replace Indonesia as the top palm oil supplier to India in 2019 as New Delhi has been charging lower import tax on refined palm oil shipments from Malaysia, giving Kuala Lumpur an edge over Jakarta,
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CECA safeguards Malaysia – India palm oil deal
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should not be too worried over news reports that India would probably raise the import duty on refined palm oil, given that both countries have signed the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). Malaysian Palm Oil Association chief
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Palm oil misunderstanding: Minister and school resolve dispute
PUCHONG: The incident between Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok and an international school which staged an anti-palm oil performance has been resolved. In a Facebook post today, Kok said that the senior administrators of The International @Parkcity, Education director Andrew
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Disappointed, not stifling freedom of expression over palm oil brouhaha
In light of an international primary school putting up a play critical of the palm oil industry, I would like to clarify that my criticism was not an attempt to stifle freedom of expression in that school, but to express disappointment
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Malaysia to Europe: Stop tarnishing palm oil
LONDON: European countries that sell various goods to Malaysia can be asked to stop tarnishing the image of palm oil, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “We can do so but whether they will reciprocate or not that’s another
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‘EU would still use Malaysian palm oil’
KUALA LUMPUR: Outgoing Sime Darby executive deputy chairman and managing director Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh is confident that Malaysian palm oil would still enter the European Union market despite a ban on using it as biofuel. This is because
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Palm oil issue would not crack Malaysia – EU ties
KUALA LUMPUR: The European Union (EU) is optimistic that its relationship with Malaysia will remain strong even in the midst of the discord regarding the palm oil issue. EU Ambassador and Head of Delegation to Malaysia Maria Castillo Fernandez said
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