Insight - Oil palm industry: The sustainable star


But for some 650,000 smallholders and stakeholders of the oil palm industry, the surging price of CPO must feel like the lifting of a siege. They must have celebrated.

A milestone has been achieved!

The crude palm oil (CPO) spot prices reported by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board have averaged close to RM4,050 per tonne in the first five months of this year.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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