Malaysia on the right track to be classified as low-risk country, minister says

In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that Malaysia’s Plantations and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said that the country is on the right track to be classified as a low-risk country in palm oil production, particularly with its mandatory Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification.

He said the government is currently collating the latest facts and progress of the nation’s palm oil production, in order to get the European Union (EU) to formally recognize the achievement under its sustainability agenda.

“One of the processes is the continued submission of accurate data. Previously, the plantation sector was overseen by a different ministry than the one responsible for providing forestry data to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

“There is a detailed methodology involved before a country is classified as low, standard, or high risk. The most important thing is that we are moving in the right direction toward achieving that classification,” he said.

Johari said one of the important works that may shift the nation’s commodity classifications is the MSPO certification, which was made mandatory in 2020.

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