Executive Director Speaks

Table of Content

THE COCOMUNITY Vol. XL No. 3, 1 March 2010

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SPEAKS: “The 44th APCC COCOTECH Meeting in Samui Island, Thailand ". (p. 2)

PREVAILING MARKET PRICES OF SELECTED COCONUT PRODUCTS AND OILS.
(pp.3-4)

  • COPRA
  • COCONUT OIL
  • COPRA MEAL
  • DESSICATED COCONUT
  • COCONUT SHELL CHARCOAL
  • COIR FIBRE
  • PRICES OF COCONUT PRODUCTS AND SELECTED OILS (US$/MT)
MARKET ANALYSIS OF DESICCATED COCONUT. (pp. 5-6)

COMMUNITY NEWS.
(pp. 7-12)
  • THE XLVI APCC SESSION/MINISTERIAL MEETING CONCLUDED
  • THE APCC WELCOMES THE GOVERNMENTS OF TONGA AND JAMAICA TO THE “COCONUT FAMILY”
  • APCC RECOGNITION AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS AND COCONUT RELATED COMPANIES IN SAMOA
  • THAILAND HOLDS APCC CHAIRMANSHIP FOR CY 2010
  • APCC VICE CHAIRMANSHIP GOES TO SOLOMON ISLANDS
  • FIJI MINISTER ATTENDED THE APCC SESSION MEETING IN APIA, SAMOA
  • SLOW REFORM AND REHABILITATION AMOUNTS TO SLOW COPRA PRODUCTION IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
  • BOOST FOR COCONUT CULTIVATION IN SRI LANKA
  • TONGA AFFECTED BY A CYCLONE
  • UCAP COCOHOUSE YEE SANG LUNCHEON
  • COCONUT OIL: WORLD'S OLDEST OIL FOR REMEDY, CLAIMS THAILAND SCIENTIST
  • VIRGIN COCONUT OIL HITS FIJIAN MARKET
  • CENTRE TO LAUNCH NATIONAL COIR MISSION IN INDIA
  • PCA MOVES TO CONTAIN SPREAD OF COCONUT PESTS IN PHILIPPINES
  • INDONESIA KARA DAIRY FREE LAUNCHES FIRST COCONUT BASED MILK ALTERNATIVE IN THE UK

MARKET & TECHNOLOGY NEWS (pp. 12-18)

  • PHILIPPINE COCONUT OIL EXPORTS RISE FIVE FOLD IN JANUARY
  • ADULTERATED COCONUT OIL SEIZED IN INDIA
  • COMBINED EXPORT OF WORLD'S TOP DESICCATORS DOWN IN NOVEMBER
  • AROMATIC COCONUTS AND TASTY FRUITS YIELD HIGH INCOME FOR MEKONG DELTA FARMERS-VIETNAM
  • HOW TO SET UP A COCONUT PROCESSING PLANT
  • NEW TECH TO MAKE WHITE COPRA CONVERSION EASY IN THE CDB, INDIA
  • COCONUT WOOD IS NEW FLOORING OPTION
  • UK CHOCOLATE COMPANY CLAIMS 15% SATURATED FAT REDUCTION IN PRODUCTS
  • YEAST TREATMENT PROTECTS COMMODITIES AGAINST AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION - ARS STUDY
  • OMEGA - 3S AND BONE HEALTH
  • COIR BASED BUILDING AND PACKAGING MATERIAL
  • GLYCEROL CAN BE USED AS CHICKENFEED-RESEARCH STUDY
  • COCONUT WATER - THE NEXT HALTH CRAZE ? 

BIO-DIESEL NEWS. (pp.18-21)

  • ASIA PACIFIC TO BE GLOBAL ETHANOL HUB BY 2012
  • BRIGHT FUTURE FOR BIODIESEL IN INDONESIA
  • IONIC LIQUIDS FOR THE GC OF BIODIESEL BLENDS
OTHER VEGOIL NEWS. (pp. 21-23)
  • INDONESIA TRADE MINISTER SAYS PALM OIL MAY STABILIZE AROUND $700-750
  • NEW AREA TO BE AVAILABLE FOR OIL PALM PLANTATIONS IN INDONESIA
  • LABOUR SHORTAGE AFFECTING OIL PALM PLANTATIONS IN MALAYSIA
  • GLOBAL PALM OIL MARKET TO EXCEED 100 MILLION TONNES BY 2015, ACCORDING TO NEW REPORT INC.
  • NEW CLEANING SOLUTION DEVELOPED FOR FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS USING ZERO TRANS FAT OILS

DO YOU KNOW. (pp. 24)

  • ADD COCONUT, CUT FAT

COCONUT RECIPE: “Coconut Cassava Cake”. (p.24)

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
(pp. 24)

  • TENDER COCONUT WATER
  • COCONUT OIL

STATISTICS. (pp. 27-28)

  • Table 1 INDONESIA - Monthly Export Prices of Desiccated Coconut, 2006-2010 (US$/MT, FOB Jakarta/Surabaya)
  • Table 2. PHILIPPINES - Monthly Export Prices of Desiccated Coconut, 2006-2010 (US$/MT, FOB Manila)
  • Table 3. SRI LANKA - Monthly Export Prices of Desiccated Coconut, 2006-2010 (US$/MT, FOB Colombo)
  • Table 4. Monthly Export Prices of Desiccated Coconut, 2008-2010 ( in MT)
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