PUTRAJAYA: The latest addition to the plantation industry players’ Budget 2019 wish list is for the government to allocate funds for palm oil-based biodiesel subsidies.
Other “regular” proposals for the upcoming budget include the imposition of higher import duties on other vegetable oils, higher capital allowance for mechanisation in the oil palm estates, biogas, automation as well as incentives for replanting activities and for rubber smallholders to boost their income.
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