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These video fragments (WMV format) were taken at a palm oil plantation, an oil mill and sea ports in Malaysia and The Netherlands. They show how oil palm fruit bunches are harvested and pressed for oil, and how the oil is carried to Europe by truck and oil tankers. Media are free to use this footing. To download, right-click thumbails and follow your browser's instructions.
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	(00:21) - Workers tend to young oil palm plantings - A matured oil palm produces fruit bunches year-round, each weighing up to 50 kilograms
	(00:34) - Freshly cut fruit bunches are collected and marked - Fruit bunches are transported to a local weighing station
	(00:08) - Fruit bunches are transported to a mill to be pressed for crude oil
	(00:34) - A fruit bunch is cut from a tree - Fruit bunches are transported to a mill and pressed for crude oil - Freshly pressed oil is transported to a local collecting station.
	(00:08) - Crude palm oil is transported and pumped into an oil tanker
	(00:07) - Crude palm oil tanker is prepared for departure
	(00:19) - Crude palm oil is unloaded in the Port of Rotterdam