• Is Malaysia’s palm oil industry a casualty of a Kashmir row?
  • Malaysia’s palm oil industry has become an unexpected casualty of a row with India over disputed Kashmir. Ties have been frosty since late September when Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said India had “invaded and occupied” the Himalayan territory.
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  • Will India’s top vegetable oil trade body avoid buying Malaysian palm oil?
  • The comments did not go down well in Delhi, and India’s top vegetable oil trade body called on its members to avoid buying Malaysian palm oil to “show solidarity” over Kashmir – a move Mr Mahathir said “amounts to a trade war”. Palm oil is Malaysia’s biggest agricultural export.
  • Which country imports the most palm oil?
  • Palm oil is Malaysia’s biggest agricultural export. It is used extensively around the world, in everything from cooking oil, to bio-fuels, instant noodles and even pizza dough and lipsticks. India, the world’s biggest importer of edible oils, buys more than 9m tonnes of palm oil annually, mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia.
  • Why did Malaysian palm oil refiner Ban Dung invest in a centrifuge?
  • By investing in an Alfa Laval PANX 800 decanter centrifuge, Malaysian palm oil refiner Ban Dung has increased capacity while also reducing the level of product waste in their production. With improved energy efficiency, they have even achieved lower overall operational costs. Hear their story in this video.
  • Is India boycotting Malaysian palm oil?
  • Malaysia’s palm oil exports to India dropped from 310,648 tonnes in September to 219,956 tonnes in October – and then to 142,696 tonnes in November. India’s envoy to Malaysia, Mridul Kumar, denied any boycott of Malaysian palm oil. “It’s the palm oil association, not the government of India,” he said on 11 December.