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KOTA KINABALU, June 10 (Bernama) -- The government has disbursed over RM1.62 million in assistance to 21 independent oil palm smallholders in Sabah’s interior regions, covering 90.32 hectares for replanting purposes.
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KOTA KINABALU, May 26 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian government, through the Malaysian Cocoa Board (MCB), plays a key role in driving cocoa research and development (R&D) to boost the industry’s competitiveness.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) -- The Palm Oil Research and Technical Service Institute of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Portsim) in Shanghai, China, has played a key role in enhancing the export value of Malaysian palm oil and strengthening its image as a high-quality, reliable raw material for various downstream industries in China.
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Bernama) – Malaysia is strengthening its strategic trade ties with China through a week-long official mission led by Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities Datuk Chan Foong Hin, aimed at unlocking new market potential for palm oil and promoting innovation in downstream products.
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 (Bernama) -- Industry stakeholders have urged stronger collaboration and more coherent policy direction to accelerate the use of oil palm biomass in supporting Malaysia’s low-carbon goals.
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), in collaboration with the Sustainable Oil Palm Growers Cooperative (KPSM) Sugut Paitan, Sabah, has introduced a pilot project under the Excavator Grant Scheme to help smallholders boost productivity.
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TAWAU, April 10 (Bernama) -- The new tariff rates proposed by the United States for 90 countries, including Malaysia, on April 2 are not expected to significantly impact the prices of the country’s export commodities, especially palm oil.
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KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Mac (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (KPK) is urging oil palm plantation owners and companies to plan for replanting in order to sustain productivity with mature trees that provide optimal fresh fruit bunches (FFB) yields.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Bernama) -- A total of 4.89 million hectares (ha), or 86.47 per cent of palm oil cultivation areas in Malaysia, have received certification under the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) standard as of Dec 31, 2024, demonstrating Malaysia’s commitment to sustainability.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF) has been instrumental in shaping and elevating Malaysia’s furniture industry, Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Plantation and Commodities (KPK) aims to achieve RM14 billion in wooden furniture exports, accounting for 50 per cent of Malaysia’s RM28 billion timber export target by 2025.
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KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Feb (Bernama) -- Malaysia has produced 386,512 tonnes of natural rubber in 2024, comprising 367,238 tonnes of dry rubber and 19,274 tonnes of latex rubber, said Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities Chan Foong Hin.