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... 1 food buyer may be rewriting its shopping list at a time when a weaker dollar makes bumper soy crops from the americas cheaper than processed soyoil from argentina as well as malaysian and indonesian palm oil ... more chinese soy crushing will cut edible oil imports by 5 percent to 7 percent, to about 6 ... soyoil prices as south american biofuel mandates suck up more edible oil and malaysian palm oil prices climb on low yields after this year's erratic weather ... "export supplies for vegetable oils are not increasing from the chinese point of view and they are depending more on soybean imports to meet cooking oil demand," said thomas mielke, who heads oilseed research house oil world ... customs impose 9 percent duties on palm oil and soyoil but just 3 percent for soybeans ... in the past, importers were willing to brave that mechanism when soy supplies tightened and cooking oil demand surged ... "the higher soyoil and palm oil prices are a little unattractive with inflation on the rise," the trader said, referring to last month's annual inflation that rose to a 23-month high at 3 ... china's lower participation in edible oil markets may pose a setback for overseas processing sectors, but the blistering rise in soy imports will slowly crank up its 100 million tonne crushing capacity, of which half lies idle ... weather triggers the panic button traders say china may cut vegetable oil purchases by at least 700,000 tonnes of mainly refined palm olein from southeast asia, taking the edge off malaysian palm oil futures that hit two month highs this week on the falling dollar ... although some refining capacity will turn idle, crude palm oil supply may get a breather since the malaysian yield recovery will stay fragile until the first quarter of 2011 after the el nino-driven drought this year ... la nina, which comes on the heels of el nino and brings heavier rains to southeast asia, could also curb supplies as prolonged exposure to moisture rots palm fruits and floods complicate transport

... "in the palm oil market, the supply has been tight, while, for soybean, some farmers have been retaining their output ... " margins were exceptionally high last year because of the global economic slowdown which pushed down raw material costs, but margins may recover in the second half as edible oil supply improves, analysts said ... wilmar also reiterated it was still in talks to buy a minority stake in a small indonesian palm oil plantation kencana agri ltd ... the stake-purchase attempt comes as indonesia plans to impose a two-year moratorium on new permits to clear natural forest from 2011 which could lead to consolidation of the palm oil industry ... an investigation into the company's tax records by indonesian authorities have weighed on the shares, analysts said ... wilmar was set up in 1991 by its ceo kuok khoon hong and indonesian businessman martua sitorus ... the company, which has plantations in indonesia and malaysia as well as a number of edible oil processing facilities in china, said it remains positive on the prospects of asian economies and is planning a major expansion into sugar ... margins for merchandising and processing of palm oil and related products were lower due to tighter supply of crude palm oil and the uncompetitive pricing of palm oil versus other edible oils, it said in a statement ... for malaysian palm oil prices click

... firms with the smallest unplanted landbanks include bw plantations and bakrie sumatra, while wilmar and indofood agri have the biggest indonesian landbank ... palm oil buyers unilever and nestle have halted supply contracts with indonesian palm oil giant pt smart tbk and agribusiness giant cargill is conducting a review following reports from greenpeace alleging smart destroyed carbon-rich rainforests ... regional planters rapidly expanded in recent years as a rally in crude palm oil prices (cpo) was driven by growing demand from asia and europe for an oil used to make products from biscuits to biodiesel ... sources told reuters on wednesday that wilmar plans to buy a 20 percent stake in indonesian firm kencana agri, which also has a relatively high unplanted landbank ... if environmental concerns do restrict future supply of palm oil, investors say higher cpo prices could be a comfort for strong players, given a healthy demand outlook ... "we like london sumatra because it could have higher yields among its peers as its trees are at a prime age for palm oil, which could help the company benefit during the moratorium period," said winston sual, fund manager at the $108 million top performing indonesian fund panin dana maxima

... following a financing deal signed with norway last week, the southeast asian country plans to revoke existing forestry licenses held by palm oil and timber firms to save its vast rainforests and peat lands that are seen as a carbon sink ... 1 palm oil producer from achieving its 40 million output target by 2020 ... "that target would be achievable if oil palm estates expanded at a rate of 200,000-300,000 hectares a year but not with this ... we will need to boost productivity," derom bangun, vice-chairman of the indonesian palm oil board (ipob) told reuters in an interview ... industry and government data show that palm oil acreage in indonesia now hovers around 7 ... palm oil production is expected to grow 8 ... 6 million tonnes as more oil palms planted during the surge in acreage expansion come into maturity, bangun said ... unlike malaysia, oil palms are spread all over the archipelago so the effects of el nino are not so severe," he said ... rival malaysia, the second largest palm oil producer, may well miss its 18 ... 1 million palm oil production target as el nino-driven drier weather hit key growing regions of sabah and sarawak on borneo island

... unilever has stopped accepting palm oil from an indonesian planter after a damning bbc documentary showing rainforest clearing, according to the indonesian palm oil board ... unilever, which is part of the roundtable for sustainable palm oil (rspo), did not have a contract with duta palma, but had been receiving oil from the planter via traders ... two months ago the consumer goods giant brought an end to a $33m supply contract with indonesian supplier pt smart ... commentators have said the move could make it hard for companies and planters to work together towards greening palm oil supply under the aegis of the rspo

... major food companies are contributing to increased carbon emissions through the destruction of indonesia's peat swamp forests to produce palm oil, claims a report released today ... unilever, nestle, cargill and adm, as well as some leading supermarkets, are all significant users of indonesian palm oil, alleges the greenpeace report ... palm oil is a form of vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree ... larger companies are now choosing to use the oil as a biofuel, considering it a greener alternative to conventional petrol and diesel ... " in response to the report, wendy garbutt from cargill said that the company has its own policies in place for responsible palm production ... "at present there is no palm oil that is certified as sustainable ... the major companies mentioned in the report are all members of the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo), which represents 40 per cent of the global production and use of palm oil ... garbutt told foodnavigator: " the rspo has undertaken a rigorous and time-consuming stakeholder consultation process to arrive at an agreement on the principles and criteria, and the certification procedures, to develop practical and efficient options to promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil throughout the supply chain ... " the greenpeace investigation concluded that a major palm oil producer is currently engaged in illegal activities including the large scale clearance and destruction of deep peatlands protected under indonesian law ... the report said the palm oil from companies engaged in forest and peatland destruction is then laundered through the entire supply chain, ending up with the well-known companies ... the report cites un figures that predict palm oil production will double, from its present 20

... indonesia's booming palm oil market is playing its part in ensuring a sustainable supply of the product, as scrutiny over the environmental impact intensifies, according to an industry insider ... in turn the companies are demanding that sectors such as the palm oil industry do as much as they can to prevent environmental damage ... at a press conference last week, greenpeace revealed that the level of deforestation being caused in part by palm oil was so great that it merited inclusion in the 2008 guinness world records ... the organisation directly blamed much of the rapid deforestation on the rampant demand for the country's palm oil supply ... palm oil is currently enjoying strong appeal as an ingredient because it is free of artery-clogging trans fats, formed when fats are hydrogenated to make them more solid and extend their shelf life ... environmental organisations such as greenpeace are increasingly concerned that the reported health benefits are overshadowing the environmental damage due to increasing the palm oil supply ... however, si-siew lim, secretariat for the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo), believes that many within indonesia's palm oil industry share greenpeace's concerns over the deforestation ... "personally, i think efforts by the indonesian palm oil industry are encouraging," he told ap-foodtechnology ... " there is a lot of good work currently being done in terms of carrying out national interpretation of the principles and criteria for sustainable palm oil production among indonesian producers and smallholders ... " while palm oil has its part to play in protecting forests, si-siew lim was keen to stress that other industries and organisations also had their responsibilities to the environment ... "we believe that we are making progress in ensuring that palm oil production does not further deteriorate the state of forests in indonesia