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 billion in the same period last year,  Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali said.

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 will focus on the oil palm plantation sector, to begin with, said Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali.

KUALA NERUS, April 24 — Local people are urged to take up jobs in the plantation sector to meet the job market and earn a lucrative income.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) will focus on the pepper, cocoa and kenaf commodity sectors this year other than palm oil and rubber.

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 to the international market in 2020, the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) said.

BANGI, Jan 11 — Palm oil stakeholders need to adhere to good labour practices, uphold labour standards and ensure no forced and child labour practices in the industry, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali.

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 after the welfare of their workers.

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 Palm Oil Futures (FCPO) contracts and leverage the relevant market tools to remain globally competitive.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Forced labour is no longer an issue in the country following the implementation of various measures by the government to address the problem, including through the establishment of the mandatory Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification (MSPO), effective January 1, 2021.

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 jungles to conduct contact tracing, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said yesterday.

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 of the country's total export earnings, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali.