Palm Oil Supply and Disappearance: A Quarterly Review

The palm oil industry has continued to be a significant driver of the Malaysian economy and has established as one of major players in the international oils and fats business. Export earnings from oil palm products recorded RM 80.4 billion in 2011, a substantial increase of 34.4% from RM 59.8 billion in the previous year due to better prices of palm products. The supply and demand of Malaysian palm oil products in 2011 had gone under tremendous pressure such as weather uncertainties, rising crude oil price that has led to high input prices, stiff competition from Indonesian palm oil due to restructuring of palm oil export tax, non-trade barrier in the form of environmental issues, global and regional economic situations among other reasons.

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Market Survey of Solid Fats Used in China

Ever since the successful economic reform and implementation of open market policy in China, the food industry has developed tremendously into a sophisticated speciality fats market. Solid fats such as dough fat, margarine, shortening, palm stearin and animal fats have emerged as important ingredients in the food processing industry. Margarine processing technology was introduced into […]

Commercialisation of PORTSIM Research Projects in China

The Palm Oil Research and Technical Service Institute of MPOB (PORTSIM) was established in 2005 in Shanghai, China to enhance Malaysian palm oil’s presence and establish closer ties with the oils and fats industry in China. The other objectives of PORTSIM are to expand the applications of palm oil in food and non-food products and […]