The benchmark palm oil contract for December delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed up 38 ringgit, or 1.8 percent, at 2,198 ringgit ($531.30) a tonne, after rising to its highest since Sept. 18 at 2,209 ringgit a tonne earlier in the session. Trading volumes stood at 44,514 lots of 25 tonnes each by the end of the session.
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has increased import duty on crude palm oil (CPO) by US$5 per tonne and on refined, bleached and dried (RBD) palm olein by US$9 per tonne.
The revised tariffs on palm oil and other commodities were issued by the Finance Ministry on Wednesday.
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