06/11/2012 (Bernama) - The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities will set up a committee with France's Agriculture Ministry to help Malaysia's palm oil products gain access into the French market.

Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said he has been in correspondence with France's Agriculture Minister and was still awaiting a response.

"During my recent visit to France, we had discussions with the Agriculture Minister (Stephane Le Foll) and we agreed to have a committee on the oil palm industry.

"It will discuss all matters concerning the industry," he told reporters after opening the third International Plantation Industry Conference and Exhibition here today.

He said this in response to Malaysian Palm Oil Council chief executive officer Tan Sri Yusof Basiron's statement that it was pointless to produce more palm oil certified by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) if it could not even gain access into France.