ABSTRACT
Over the last 40 years, the Malaysian palm oil industry has grown by leaps and bounds to become the world’s largest producer and exporter of palm oil and its products. In 2004, Malaysia had about 3.87 million hectares (Ha) of land under oil palm cultivation. There were also 380 palm oil mills processing about 70 million tonnes (t) of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) to produce 13.98 million t of crude palm oil (CPO). The total export earnings of palm oil products, constituting refined palm oil, palm kernel oil, palm kernel cake, oleochemicals, and finished products amounted to RM 30.41 billion (RM 3.80 = US $1).
