Smallholders had asked for implementation of MPSO to be put on hold until the market improves.

Putrajaya is looking to North Africa and the Middle East for new markets.

PARLIAMENT | Teresa Kok reveals a 10.5pct increase in total exports from the same period last year.

LETTER | We can only remove the stigma of deforestation by actually ending it, not by pointing out that it occurs elsewhere.

Teresa Kok lambasts the European Union for classifying palm oil as 'high risk'.

Local use of palm oil products currently stand at 20 percent.

Ministry to propose a cap of 6.5 million hectares for land allotted for estates.

Board led by Indonesia and Malaysia to challenge proposed directive restricting use of palm oil.

Norwegian trade minister notes Malaysia's effort to develop sustainability standards for the industry.

She is counting on the state govt to take action.

Syarhan Humaizi Halim given seven days to respond to the minister's demands.

They will aim to boost the Primary Industries Ministry-initiated campaign.

JMM chief had alleged that she had links to the developer which owns the land the temple occupies.

Former premier Najib Abdul Razak had in October 2010 approved and instructed the sale, Teresa Kok says.

Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok raises concerns over ‘generalisation’ of palm oil producers.

UPDATED 3.45PM | This is over his remarks yesterday, linking her to the Seafield temple riots.

'This is a most unwelcome decision and goes against the very principles of free and fair trade,' says Kok.

She says the ministry will ensure that by Jan 1, 2020, all exported crude palm oil is sustainably certified.

Teresa Kok attributes this to a weak global economy and lingering international trade disputes.

Group says the minister and her deputy should be swapped for those who can understand the tappers' plight.

A new direction and targets for the agro-commodity industry will be included, says minister Teresa Kok.

The additional 25 pct import tax imposed by China on US soybean oil had resulted in reduced imports, says minister. 

Hence, Teresa Kok says oil palm plantations are on designation lands and not permanent forest reserves.

Teresa Kok states that this is due to palm oil facing difficulty in the international market. 

The former deputy minister is suing current FT Minister and the media for defamation.

Minister Teresa Kok says it will facilitate greater export of Malaysian palm oil to China.

Kok's endorsement is inappropriate, coming from a minister in a government that touts reform, change and justice, he says.

Mohd Bakke is a man of integrity and with vast experience in the palm oil industry, the minister says.

Primary industries minister says gov’t laying down policy framework for sustainable development.

The Seputeh MP also denies a media report that she's the Federal Territories minister-designate.