AreaMalaysia
Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals
CommodityPalm oil
Date01/09/2017
Policy CategoryProduction
Policy InstrumentProduction sustainability
DescriptionPledged to support producers in conforming with the government-backed standard for sustaianble palm oil production.
NotesRegarding the governments pledge to support palm oil producers in conforming to the national standard for sustainable palm oil (see MPPU Sep.17), ministry officials informed that audit costs will be subsidized at the following rates: 100 percent for small oil palm growers, i.e. organized or independent smallholders cultivating less than 40.46 hectares; 70 percent for estates with planted area between 40.5 and 1 000 hectares; and 30 percent for estates above 1 001 hectares as well as processing facilities (including mills, refineries and crushers).
