SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry is considering providing foreign labourers additional quota for the plantation industry especially the palm oil sector following a request from the Plantation and Commodities Ministry.
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SHAH ALAM: The government is open to considering applications for foreign workers specifically for the oil palm plantation sector, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said. Read full story

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JAKARTA: Malaysian palm oil futures fell to the lowest in more than three months on Thursday, dragged down by weakness in rival vegetable oils and low export in the first half of January. The benchmark palm oil contract for April delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange lost 61 ringgit, or 1.43%, to 4,207 ringgit […]
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January 16, 2025 (MLN): India's palm oil imports are set to plunge to a near five-year low in January due to negative refining margins. The tropical oil's premium over rivals has driven buyers toward more competitively priced soy oil, government and industry officials told Reuters. Lower palm oil imports by the world's biggest buyer of vegetable oils could weigh on benchmark Malaysian palm oil prices, but support U.S. soy oil futures, as Reuters…

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India’s palm oil imports hit 5-year low in Jan

SHAH ALAM, Jan 16 — The government is open to considering applications for foreign workers specifically for the oil palm plantation sector, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. Although the government had imposed a freeze on foreign worker recruitment since last year, it had received requests from the Plantation and Commodities Ministry to hire foreign workers due to a shortage of labour in the sector. “Since September last y…

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