Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Mustapa Mohamed (right) holding the Malaysia International Trade and Industry report 2008 with the ministry's secretary-general Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Mamat on Wednesday. - Starpic by Azman Ghani

Foreign direct investments (FDIs) are expected to fall by half this year from RM46.1bil last year, says Malaysian Industrial Development Authority deputy director-general Wahab Hamid.

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Stable palm oil production cost

Industry consultant MR Chandran told StarBiz that oil planters’ average COP so far had not increased drastically as fertiliser prices, which account for about 60% of most planters’ total COP, had come down to about 12%.

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