Malaysian Minister of Agriculture: Extending Egypt’s accreditation as an organizer of the Palm Oil Forum

Johari Abdul Ghani, Malaysian Minister of Agriculture, said during the Malaysian Palm Oil Egypt 2024 Forum held in Egypt Now that there is a strategic plan to manufacture and export palm oil from Egypt. He added that there are sessions and discussions with officials between the two countries to implement the plan, which includes transforming Egypt into a center for manufacturing Malaysian oil. The minister revealed that the plan began with my meeting with the Egyptian ambassador to Malaysia, and then it was approved to extend the forum’s contract in Egypt during the coming period after the success of two sessions in the current and last year. The minister had said that his country's exports of palm oil amounted to $22 billion and that one million Malaysian citizens work in the field. Abdul Ghani added that the palm oil industry represents 3% of the domestic product, and Malaysia is the second country in the world in palm oil production, with a global share of 32%. The Minister ...