23/10/2017 (The Star Online) - LAHAD DATU: The value of commodity and commodity-based product exports for the January-to-July period this year reached RM81.5bil and made a significant contribution to the country’s revenue.

Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Datuk Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur said the achievement had given confidence for the country to reach its target of RM242.6bil in commodity product export revenue under the National Commodity Policy by 2020.

“This can be achieved through programmes and activities planned by the ministry,” he told reporters after launching the Hello Commodity programme in Desa Kencana near here.

In another development, Datu Nasrun said the Government would implement the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil in stages beginning next year to ensure the country’s palm industry sustainability.

“More than 60 briefings and roadshows will be organised nationwide in an effort to increase the awareness on the certification to some 600,000 palm smallholders,” he said.

Datu Nasrun also urged the people to work with the Government in mobilising efforts to make Malaysia as a main global commodity hub in the future.

Meanwhile, he said the Government would distribute monsoon season aid to 500,000 registered rubber smallholders beginning next month until January. — Bernama