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Indonesia bans palm oil exports as global food inflation spikes

Government under pressure to control cooking oil prices

Reading Time: 3 minutes Jakarta | Reuters — Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil producer, announced plans to ban exports of the most widely used vegetable oil on Friday, in a shock move that could further inflame surging global food inflation. The halting of shipments of the cooking oil and its raw material, widely used in products ranging from […] Read more