Two-pronged strategy to strengthen Malaysian palm product export market

ALOR GAJAH (Jan 9): The government will adopt a two-pronged strategic approach in strengthening the palm oil export market in the Asian region, as well as addressing the issue of anti-palm oil campaign by the European Union (EU). Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin said the move includes strengthening the image and improving the quality of the country's palm oil. “We know that the sentiment campaign is an old issue to lower the yield of palm oil products because it is a competition for the product market. "But to address that, our focus is also to explore new and bigger markets to ensure that Malaysia can become a leading exporting country in Asia," he told reporters after presenting post-flood aid in Kampung Pengkalan here on Sunday (Jan 9). Zuraida said among the countries in focus are those in Central and South Asia such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, as they are the country's main importers of palm oil. “Our focus now is on ...