Agri-commodities export jumps 65% in second quarter

ISKANDAR PUTERI, 19 April -- Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali pada sidang media selepas Majlis Menandatangani Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) di antara Lembaga Kenaf dan Tembakau Negara (LKTN) dan KPRJ Builders Sdn Bhd (KBSB) iaitu anak syarikat Kumpulan Prasarana Rakyat Johor di Bilik Mesyuarat Utama, Bangunan Dato' Jaafar Muhammad, hari ini. -- fotoBERNAMA (2021) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUALA LUMPUR: Agri-commodities and agri-commodities product exports jumped 65% to RM105bil in the second quarter of 2021 from RM64bil in the same period last year, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali (pic) said.

He said as of June this year, palm oil-based products which were the biggest contributor with 43% of the total agri-commodities export, increased to RM46bil compared to RM33bil in the first six months last year.