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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil
stocks fell 6.5 percent to 1,848,130 tonnes in August, from a
revised 1,977,397 tonnes in July, official crop agency Malaysian
Palm Oil Board said on Wednesday.
A Reuters poll had forecast palm oil stocks to rise 1.2
percent in August from a month earlier. [ID:nKLR50134]
During the month, Malaysia's palm oil output was up 2.5
percent from July, while exports jumped 4.6 percent in August
from a month earlier.
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Malaysian crude palm oil futures were marginally lower prior
to the data release, traders said.
Earlier on Wednesday, cargo surveyor Intertek Testing
Services said exports of Malaysian palm oil products for Sept.
1-10 fell 1.7 percent to 400,977 tonnes from 407,922 tonnes
shipped between Aug. 1 and 10.
Another surveyor, Societe Generale de Surveillance, will
report its estimates later in the day.
The following is a breakdown of Malaysian Palm Oil Board
figures and Reuters estimates for August:
(volumes in tonnes)
Aug 08 Aug 08 Poll July 08 Aug 07
Output 1,599,556 1,650,000 1,560,215 1,559,362
Stocks 1,848,130 2,000,000 1,977,397 1,452,097
Exports 1,467,710 1,450,000 1,403,252 1,241,257
(Reporting by Soo Ai Peng; Editing by Faisal Aziz)
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Keywords: MALAYSIA PALM/MPOB