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The European Union faces a trade war with Malaysia over its “grossly unfair” policies aimed at palm-oil exports, according to Malaysia’s returning prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, said.

The federal government will help Sabah in its restoration of degraded forests as well as carry out fresh surveys on the population of orang utans and Borneo pygmy elephants in the state.

Malaysian palm oil futures surged nearly 2% on Tuesday evening, tracking gains in related edible oils and on prospects of reduced stockpiles because of higher exports.

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Malaysia cannot back off from 100pc certified palm oil by 2020 because that was the pledge from the Malaysian Palm Oil Certification Council under the previous government to the world, Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok (pic) told Daily Express in an exclusive interview.

France will not ban the import of palm oil, said its Ambassador to Malaysia Frederic Laplanche (pic). Commenting on palm oil sanctions in European countries, Laplanche said France does not and will not block the commodity.

Indonesia’s palm and palm kernel oil exports in February rose 16.7 percent from a year earlier to 2.77 million tonnes, the Indonesia Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) said in a statement on Tuesday.

MP Evans Group PLC on Tuesday said profit dipped in 2018 on a sharp reduction in the price of crude palm oil.

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Primary Industries Minister, Teresa Kok, wants the big players to also play a vital role in assisting the Government’s “Love My Palm Oil” campaign to counter anti-oil palm lobby by not expanding their oil palm cultivation areas.

The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday April 3.

Malaysian entrepreneurs are among the 300 from 23 Asia-Pacific countries listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia this year.