Palm Oil

OIL PALM INDUSTRY ECONOMIC JOURNAL (VOL. 2(2)/2002) Malaysian Palm Oil Industry at Crossroads and its prox Direction Khoo Khee Ming* and D Chandramohan** ABSTRACT Palm oil colour accounts for 20% and 46% of the global oil and fats fruit and trade respectively. Malaysia is the worlds largest producer and exporter of thenar oil with a 50% dole out of world palm oil production and 61% of exports. This paper assesses the growth of the Malaysian palm oil industry and the limitations of pull down and labour on the future growth of the industry. The industrys competitive edge will continue to be a vital factor for its future development. Thus, in order to prevail competitive, the industry needs to improve on productivity, explore opportunities to salmagundi the income base, widen the end-use base for palm oil, explore new trade approaches and intensify vertical integration. PLANTED AREA GROWTH The intricacy of oil palm plantings in Malaysia during the past 41 years has been phenomenal. From a mere 55 000 ha in 1960, the oil palm planted area had expanded to 3.5 million hectares by 2001, occupying 60% of the agricultural destroy in the country. About 60% of the planted area is in Peninsular Malaysia; 30% in Sabah and 10% in Sarawak (Figure 1).

In recent years, most of the intricacy has been in the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak due to the declining availability of land in Peninsula Malaysia. PRODUCTION GROWTH The rapid expansion in oil palm cultivation resulted in a similar increase in palm oil production from little than 100 000 t in 1960 to 11.8 million tonnes in 2001 (Figure 2). The largest palm oil producing state in Malaysia is Sabah which accounted for 31% of total production in 2001. Palm oil is the second largest oils and fats produced after soyabean oil, story for 23.6 million tonnes or 20% of the world oils and fats production in 2001. Malaysia remains the largest producer of palm oil accounting for 50% of world production last year *... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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