Malaysia has been entirely dependent on raw sugar imports since the last commercial sugar cane plantation in Perlis ceased operations in 2012.
Sugary matters
MALAYSIA imported US$1.09bil (RM4.51bil) worth of sugar and confectionary in 2021, of which raw sugar made up US$674mil (RM3.10bil) of the imports.
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