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By Fatin Umairah Abdul Hamid
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is in an extremely advantageous position as one of the world’s top palm oil exporters, continuing to supply edible oils to countries which are grappling with rising food prices and fertiliser supply disruptions due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
14d ago
By Nur Fatin Mohmad Kadenen
JOHOR BAHRU, March 28 (Bernama) -- The B40 Community Agro Programme for MD2 Pineapple Farming, implemented by Aqina Fruits Sdn Bhd (AFSB) in collaboration with Agrobank, drives and supports the Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger, by empowering the low-income group in the agricultural sector.
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PETALING JAYA, March 4 (Bernama) -- Avocados Australia Ltd, the national peak industry body representing Australia’s avocado growers, has formalised partnerships with Monash University Malaysia and the University of Wollongong (UOW) Malaysia.
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JOHOR BAHRU, March 1 (Bernama) -- Pineapple producer and exporter Aqina Fruits Sdn Bhd saw a nearly fourfold jump in export value in 2025 to RM2.68 million, increasing significantly from RM628,000 in 2024.
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PUTRAJAYA, Dec 26 (Bernama) -- The strong performance of palm oil continues to be the main driver of growth in the country’s agricultural sector, which expanded 3.1 per cent in 2024 compared with 0.2 per cent in the previous year, according to the Selected Agricultural Indicators 2025 report released today by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- 2025 will be remembered as the “tariff year”, no thanks to the unexpected United States (US) tariffs that shook markets worldwide, with Malaysia not spared.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 (Bernama) -- Fruit traders and importers can apply directly to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) for exemptions from Sales and Service Tax (SST) on imported fruit, the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) said.
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KUCHING, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- Sarawak’s Ministry of Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development has been allocated RM326 million under the state Budget 2026, said its minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- The bilateral import and export trade between Malaysia and Guangxi, an autonomous region in southern China, has increase by 26 per cent to over US$2.05 billion (US$1=RM4.1370) last year, according to the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Zhuang Autonomous Region.
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SEOUL, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s halal products are poised to gain a stronger foothold in South Korea’s fast-growing convenience and premium food sector, driven by rising demand for halal, organic and sustainably sourced goods.
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KAPIT, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- The planting of Ensurai trees along the riverbanks in the Kapit Division is one of the projects proposed as Sarawak enters its second and final phase of the Post-COVID-19 Development Strategy 2030 (PCDS 2030), marked by the beginning of the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) next year.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia opened higher on mild bargain-hunting while tracking the positive sentiment from the overnight Wall Street, said an analyst.