Malaysia, one of the two key sources from where Sri Lanka imports palm oil, appears to have been visibly irked by President Gotabaya Rajapaksaâs move to ban palm oil imports.
Malaysiaâs Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Dr. Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali was quoted by Malaysian media as saying that the Sri Lankaâs decision will have no effect on the countryâs oil palm industry.
âThe world has a population of over seven billion people and we are confident our palm oil will be accepted worldwide.
âIf one party is not interested, many more are interested and most importantly we give the best quality in the countryâs palm oil production,â Razali was quoted as saying.
He had added that the restrictions imposed by Sri Lanka is a discrimination as Malaysian palm oil is of best quality and has achieved 90 percent Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification.
âSri Lanka needs to get complete information from the Malaysian government on the efforts made so that our right to market palm oil abroad is not disputed,â he said.
It is estimated Sri Lanka imports about 200,000 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia and Indonesia annually.
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