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)

• 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

• 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)