Agri-commodities export jumps 65 pct to RM105 billion in second quarter
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Agri-commodities and agri-commodities product exports jumped 65 per cent to RM105 billion in the second quarter of 2021 from RM64...
Plantation ministry’s immunisation drive on oil palm sector to start in Selangor
KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities will launch a pilot project under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (Pick) which...
Local people urged to take up jobs in plantation sector
KUALA NERUS, April 24 — Local people are urged to take up jobs in the plantation sector to meet the job market and earn a...
Ministry to focus more on pepper, cocoa, kenaf sectors in 2021
KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) will focus on the pepper, cocoa and kenaf commodity sectors this year...
Palm oil exports breached RM72 bln in 2020
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 Feb — The Malaysian palm oil industry has generated about RM72.8 billion through the export of palm oil and its products...
Adhere to good labour practices, palm oil industry told
BANGI, Jan 11 — Palm oil stakeholders need to adhere to good labour practices, uphold labour standards and ensure no forced and child labour practices...
Industry associations urged to ensure companies safeguard workers’ welfare
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry (MPIC) is urging industry associations to ensure that commodity and plantation-related companies always look...
Minister Khairuddin urges companies to hedge using FCPO contracts
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali has urged companies to hedge using Bursa Malaysia’s Crude...
Govt takes various measures to deal with oil palm industry labour issue — Khairuddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Forced labour is no longer an issue in the country following the implementation of various measures by the government to...
Covid-19: Traversing thick jungles in Sabah biggest challenge faced by frontliners — Health DG
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 22 — The Health Ministry’s (MOH) biggest challenge in containing the Covid-19 infection in Sabah was the frontliners having to go through thick...
Malaysia records RM63.7 bln in commodity export earnings from Jan-June 2020
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 10 — Export earnings from commodity products in the first six months of this year amounted to RM63.7 billion or 14.2 per cent...