Malaysia signs 2020 palm oil export deal for south Asia


India was Malaysia's third-largest export destination last year for palm oil and palm-based products.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia signed a pact on Thursday for exports of palm oil to south Asia next year, amid uncertainty over trade with India after its dealers last month urged a boycott of palm oil from the southeast Asian nation.

In October, India's top vegetable oil trade body told members to stop buying palm oil from the world's second largest producer and exporter of the commodity, after remarks by Malaysia's prime minister on disputed Kashmir stirred anger.

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