THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SPEAKS: “Good Quality Planting Materials in Support of our Advocacy for Coconut Replanting”.(p. 2)

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

• COPRA
• COCONUT OIL
• COPRA MEAL
• DESSICATED COCONUTCOCONUT SHELL CHARCOAL
• COIR FIBRE
• PRICES OF COCONUT PRODUCTS AND SELECTED OILS (US$/MT)

• REVIVE THE COCONUT INDUSTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES
• COCONUT SOCIETIES TO UNITE SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS - INDIA
• COCONUT INDUSTRY POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTES TO SOLOMON ISLANDS ECONOMY
• DOA – THAILAND SET UP COCONUT SEMINAR IN LINE WITH INT’L HORTICULTURE EXPO
• DRAFT LAW PROPOSES TIGHTER CONTROL OF COCONUT INDUSTRY IN KENYA
• INTERESTING SOAP PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY IN HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS
• CCRI – INDIA DEVELOPS COCO LAWN
• COCONUT NEW PLANTING FOR NEW GENERATION
• COCONUT PALACE OPENS DOORS TO LOCAL AND FOREIGN TOURISTS- PHILIPPINES
• GLOBAL FINANCIAL INSTABILITY SHOWS NEED FOR FISCAL DISCIPLINE IN THE PACIFIC
• GHANA GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVIVE DWINDLING COCONUT INDUSTRY
• EAST LAMPUNG, INDONESIA, NEEDS COCONUT PROCESSING INVESTORS
• SAMOA COPRA BOOM BOOSTS COCONUT OIL EXPORTS
• FSM AND VIETNAM TO BUY COPRA MEAL FROM THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
• APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR COPRA DRIERS – CDB, INDIA
• CDB SANCTIONS R1.15 CRORE TO LAUNCH NEERA UNIT IN KARNATAKA, INDIA
• GREENING GHANA WITH COCONUT

MARKET & COCONUT TECHNOLOGY NEWS (pp. 16-22)

• PERFORMANCE OF PHILIPPINES’ TOP NON-TRADITIONAL COCO EXPORTS IN AUGUST
• AMERICAN FIRM TO IMPORT MORE VCO FROM THE PHILIPPINES
• VIRGIN COCONUT OIL, A HIT AT ANUGA 2011 FOOD AND BEVERAGE EXHIBITION
• COCONUT OIL STEADY AS SUPPLIES MATCH DEMAND
• COCONUT FLOUR OF NORTH SULAWESI IS EXPORTED TO EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA
• VEG OIL IMPORTS TO REBOUND, DESPITE HIGH OUTPUT
• COSMETICS BOOST TO COCONUT
• LOW FAT COCONUT CREAM LAUNCHED
• ARRIVALS FROM OTHER STATES DRAG COCONUT OIL
• DAM ROW HITS COCONUT ARRIVALS FROM TN
• SUPPLIERS OF DIRECT MICRO EXPELLING EQUIPMENT: “EMPOWERING AND BRINGING HOPE”
• MEDICINAL PLANTS AS INTERCROP IN COCONUT FARMS
• CUCKOO FOR COCONUT!

BIO-DIESEL NEWS. (pp.22-25)

• INDIA’S CJP WORKS TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE BIODIESEL FEEDSTOCKS
• IATA PUSHES FOR GREATER BIOFUEL USE BY AIRCRAFT
• BIOFUEL FROM SAGO WASTE IN MALAYSIA
• THAI AIRWAYS READIES FOR FIRST BIOFUEL FLIGHT
• MAERSK, US NAVY TESTING ALGAL BIOFUELS AS LONG-RANGE MARINE FUEL: BIOFUELS DIGEST

OTHER VEGOIL NEWS. (pp.25-28)

• CRISIS WON’T AFFECT PALM OIL EXPORTS: GAPKI
• PALM OIL TRIMS WEEKLY LOSS
• PALM OIL DROP AS EUROPEAN CONCERNS MOUNT
• PALM OIL DROPS FOR FIRST TIME IN THREE DAYS
• BALI MEETING TO DISCUSS MARKET RESPONSE TO ISPO SCHEME
• INDONESIAN PALM OIL INDUSTRY BIGGEST RECIPIENT OF EXIMBANK LOANS
• “NATURAL” IS PART OF NATURAL SEAL INITIATIVE FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY
• CARGILL CONSIDERS INDONESIA PALM OIL EXPANSION
• PALM OIL DECLINES ON SOYBEAN SUPPLIES

DID YOU KNOW. (pp.28-29)

• CAN COCONUT MILK CAUSE EXCESSIVE URINATION?
• CONSUMPTION OF COCONUT MILK DID NOT INCREASE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK IN MICE
• SMARTBRIEF SKINNY ON SATURATED FATS

COCONUT RECIPE: “Macapuno Candy Balls”. (p.29)

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. (pp. 29-30)

• COCONUT SHELL CHARCOAL
• DESICCATED COCONUT
• COCONUT OIL
• COPRA MEAL/CAKE

STATISTICS. (pp. 31--32)

• Table 1. INDONESIA’S Monthly Exports of Coconut Oil (In MT),
  2010-2011
• Table 2. PHILIPPINES’ Monthly Exports of Coconut Oil (In MT),
  2008-2011
• Table 3. International Prices of Selected Oils, 2009 - 2011 (US$/MT)