Drop in palm oil prices prompts millers to stop buying commodity


MUAR: The drop in palm oil prices for August has prompted several millers here to stop buying oil palm fruits from smallholders for two days.

A mill in Bukit Pasir, when contacted, said it would not buy the fruits from the smallholders for two days – yesterday and today – as it already had more than enough fruits to process.

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