Month: April 2018

EU-ASEAN TRADE RELATIONS: THE PLOT THICKENS As reported last week by POM, the Indonesian government has walked back on a $2 billion deal to buy Airbus military aircraft – in retaliation for the EU Parliament’s proposed ban on palm oil… Read more

Last week, Palm Oil Monitor released the breaking news that a military procurement deal between the Indonesian Government and Airbus for A400M cargo planes was being placed under review, until the EU’s effort to ban palm oil under the Renewable… Read more

This is an exclusive to Palm Oil Monitor. According to our sources in Jakarta, the Indonesian government has issued an internal directive that effectively suspends the Indonesia-EU negotiations on a trade deal until the matter of the EU’s effort to… Read more

ICELAND GETS COLD ON PALM OIL The news generating the most headlines this week is that UK supermarket chain Iceland has decided to remove palm oil from its private label (own brand) products. The move has gained considerable news coverage… Read more

Welcome to the first weekly update of the Palm Oil Monitor.  The authors of this blog, Khalil Hegarty and Pierre Bois d’Enghien, will provide our opinions on the state of the global palm oil sector.  We are experts in the… Read more