Malaysia to raise palm oil output after hiring more foreign workers

“Malaysia will be able to supply more palm oil (to overseas markets) when the labour shortage is addressed. We plan to bring in 32,000 more foreign workers. Applications from employers are being processed,” Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin told Bernama.

NEW DELHI: Malaysia will increase its palm oil production this year following a 5% decline last year due to a pandemic-induced labour shortage with the intake of more foreign workers.

Thousands of new plantation workers will be being hired from Bangladesh, India and Indonesia to make up for the shortfall as demand for Malaysian palm oil continues to grow.