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KENYATAAN MEDIA
KEMENTERIAN PERUSAHAAN PERLADANGAN DAN KOMODITI

YB DATO’ DR MOHD. KHAIRUDDIN AMAN RAZALI
MENTERI PERUSAHAAN PERLADANGAN DAN KOMODITI

25 MAC 2020 (RABU), PUTRAJAYA

HUBUNGAN PERDAGANGAN DAN INDUSTRI MINYAK SAWIT MALAYSIA – INDIA DIJANGKA BERTAMBAH BAIK
DENGAN KEPUTUSAN KERAJAAN TIDAK MEMPERBAHARUI 5 PERATUS DUTI IMPORT

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera.

1. India sememangnya merupakan pengimport utama minyak sawit Malaysia dengan sejarah hubungan yang telah diwujudkan sejak 6 dekad yang lalu. Bagaimanapun, sejak kebelakangan ini, beberapa siri peristiwa telah mencetuskan tren kejatuhan signifikan dalam eksport minyak sawit Malaysia ke India. Antaranya pengenalan duti import 5 peratus ke atas produk minyak sawit ditapis dari Malaysia bermula pada 4 September 2019. Dalam hal ini, Malaysia menyambut baik tindakan India untuk tidak memperbaharui arahan tersebut pada 4 Mac 2020.

2. Bagi pihak YAB Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan Kabinet Malaysia, kami mengalu-alukan serta mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Kerajaan India atas keputusan ini. Kerajaan baharu melihat langkah Kerajaan India ini sebagai positif yang menandakan keterbukaan untuk mewujudkan semula hubungan rapat dari aspek perdagangan dan budaya yang telah lama terjalin di antara kedua-dua negara. Bagaimanapun, Malaysia juga mengakui bahawa kedua-dua negara perlu berbincang lebih lanjut mengenai beberapa isu termasuk notifikasi sekatan eksport minyak sawit ke India dan ketidakseimbangan perdagangan yang berpihak kepada Malaysia.

3. Apabila keadaan pandemik COVID-19 telah pulih, saya akan mengetuai delegasi Malaysia ke India untuk membincangkan hala tuju strategik yang berkaitan dengan perdagangan, khususnya dalam sektor komoditi demi manfaat kedua-dua negara. Saya sangat yakin dengan sejarah hubungan rapat antara kedua-dua negara, usaha Malaysia akan diterima baik oleh Kerajaan India.

4. Dalam hal ini, YAB Perdana Menteri Malaysia bersedia untuk bertemu dengan TYT Perdana Menteri India, Narendra Modi untuk mengeratkan lagi hubungan baik antara kedua-dua negara.

5. Saya juga turut berdoa agar keadaan pandemik COVID-19 yang kini dialami oleh seluruh dunia segera pulih dan rakyat dapat menjalani kehidupan seperti biasa.

Sebarang pertanyaan dan maklumat lanjut sila hubungi:
Puan Siti Hajar Zulkefle
Pegawai Komunikasi Strategik II
Unit Komunikasi Korporat
Tel: 03 - 88873381 / 017-3915951
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KENYATAAN MEDIA
SUMBANGAN DANA BANTUAN KEMANUSIAAN COVID-19  DARI SEKTOR PERKAYUAN

VIP di gambar YBM 2 : Dari kiri, YB Dato’ Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi, Dato’ Low Kian Chuan, Pengerusi Majlis Kayu-Kayan Malaysia (MTC) dan Goh Chee Yew, Presiden Malaysian Timber Association (MTA)

1. Majlis Kayu-Kayan Malaysia (MTC) telah melancarkan Dana Bantuan Kemanusiaan COVID-19 dengan kerjasama 7 persatuan dan lebih 100 syarikat perkayuan seiring dengan usaha tindak balas kemanusiaan di dalam memerangi COVID-19. Ini adalah sebagai langkah untuk meringankan beban kerajaan bagi membendung penularan wabak penyakit COVID-19.

2. MTC mensasarkan kutipan sebanyak RM1 juta dan setakat hari ini telah berjaya mengumpul sebanyak RM895,550.00

3. Sumbangan ini akan disalurkan untuk membekalkan keperluan Kementerian Kesihatan, badan-badan barisan hadapan yang memerlukan untuk memerangi gejala COVID-19 dan badan-badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) untuk disampaikan terus kepada rakyat yang sedang kesusahan kerana Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan.

4. MTC akan teruskan dengan kempen kutipan dana ini sehingga mencapai sasaran RM1 juta. Lebih daripada 100 syarikat perkayuan dan 7 persatuan menunjukkan sikap prihatin membantu barisan hadapan dan golongan terjejas walaupun perniagaan mereka terutama industri kecil dan sederhana (IKS) turut terkesan dengan wabak COVID-19 ini. Manakala, 30 syarikat lain yang menyumbang adalah dari sektor perabot dan 71 syarikat dari sektor perkayuan yang lain.

5. Pengerusi MTC, YBhg. Dato’ Low Kian Chuan menyerahkan mock cek bernilai RM895,550.00 yang dikumpul setakat hari ini kepada Menteri Perusahaan Peladangandan Komoditi, YB Dato’ Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali di Sungai Tong, Terengganu.

6. Turut hadir ke majlis ini adalah Encik Goh Chee Yew, Presiden Persatuan Kayu Malaysia (MTA) yang juga Presiden Persatuan Perindustrian Kayu-Kayan Malaysia (MWIA).

7. Jumlah kutipan dari persatuan-persatuan perkayuan berjumlah RM 521,700.00 adalah seperti berikut:

• Majlis Kayu Kumai & Tanggam Malaysia (MWMJC) RM150,000.00 Majlis Perabot Malaysia (MFC) RM121,700.00;
• Persatuan Perindustrian Kayu-Kayan Malaysia (MWIA) RM100,000.00;
• Persatuan Pengusaha Kayu-Kayan dan Perabot Bumiputra Malaysia (PEKA) RM50,000;
• Persatuan Pengeksport Kayu Malaysia (TEAM) RM50,000.00 Persatuan Kayu Malaysia (MTA) RM50,000.00.

8. Seterusnya baki disumbangkan oleh lebih dari 100 syarikat perkayuan telah memberi sumbangan kepada tabung tersebut berjumlah RM123,850.00. Manakala, MTC telah menyumbang baki selebihnya sebanyak RM250,000.00 Kesemuanya ini menjadikan jumlah sumbangan sebanyak RM895,500.00.

Kementerian Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi
Putrajaya
30 Mac 2020

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PRESS STATEMENT

3rd April 2020
APPEAL TO LIFT MCO IN PLANTATION SECTOR AS SUPPLEMENTARY TO
THE PALM OIL REFINING SECTOR

We refer to the recent shutdown of six oil palm plantation areas in Sabah by the State Government in its effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 virus among its workers there. Whilst we appreciate and commend the effort undertaken by the authorities in combating this disease, we are at the same time concerned about its impact on the palm oil industry in
particular and on the nation's economy in general.

By restricting plantation workers from harvesting the oil palm fruits which otherwise would be left unattended and eventually disposed off due to deterioration in quality will have dire consequences in the supply chain. Needless to say, when Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) cannot be harvested and transported to the mills for processing into Crude Palm Oil (CPO), the refineries will be choked with no supply for refining into cooking oil and other bakery/confectionery fats which are essential food products highly sought after by the consuming public and in short supply particularly during this period of need.

Whilst appreciating the need for social distancing to break the virus chain, it is also necessary to recognise the behaviour pattern of the plantation workers. Without any work to do, thousands of these workers are unlikely to sit at home but congregate in groups, thus defeating the purpose of the lockdown. It will be a herculean task to police and monitor the
movement of such large numbers of workers. The objective would probably be better served by keeping them gainfully occupied at work, where their movements can be much better coordinated and monitored under hygienic conditions.

As we are all aware, Crude Palm Oil is the lifeline of the refining industry. Without which, there is no cooking oil available let alone any of the consumer necessities mentioned above.

We, the Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (PORAM), therefore are in full support of the appeal and the move made by the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA), the Malaysian Estate Owners Association (MEOA) and other entities including individual companies such as FGV, Sime Darby and Wilmar to allow the plantation sector to continue to function albeit under certain conditions and precautionary safety measures. The varied reasons given by them are self-explanatory and unnecessary for us to repeat here.

Like any business entity, the palm oil refining industry has to remain viable, productive and more importantly to be able to put its nose above water as a matter of survival especially in difficult times like this. Without a constant supply of CPO, the refineries have to shut leading to loss of revenue, layoffs and a host of other problems not mentioning a cut-off in the supply of cooking oil in the domestic market.

Similarly, palm oil mills particularly the smaller ones with no plantation back-up and support to sustain their business during the MCO period are in the same predicament. Without a constant supply of FFBs, they are equally vulnerable.

In so far as external trade is concerned, many refineries had earlier sold and entered into forward contracts with their buyers overseas and these have to be honoured and fulfilled lest they be defaulted. As a consequence, the national economy will suffer through a loss in foreign exchange. In 2019, the export revenue earned by the palm oil industry amounted to RM 67b and due to the current crisis which has triggered a softer market sentiment with lower prices, the revenue for 2020 is expected to be reduced.

We also have to take into consideration the plight of those in the ancillary services such as trading companies which do not have manufacturing facilities but they play a vital role in connecting the refinery to the overseas end buyer. They too have orders to fulfil, i.e. to get their supplies from the refinery for onward shipment to their destination buyer. Other key services include inland transportation/haulage, freight forwarding, bulk installations, cargo surveying/inspection, analytical laboratories and so on.

Once again, we appeal and call on the Sabah Government to allow the palm oil industry and its supply chain to work in unison so as not to disrupt it for the benefit of the consumer and the economy as a whole.

Thank you.

Jamil Haron
Chairman, PORAM
PERSATUAN PENAPIS MINYAK SAWIT MALAYSIA

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MEDIA RELEASE

THE SARAWAK STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT JOINTLY ASSISTED THE SMALL HOLDER OF
RUBBER FARMERS

1. On behalf of the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC), I sincerely welcome the provident measures taken by our Sarawak State Government which has helped the smallholders by providing an additional RM0.50/kg on rubber prices, which generate the total Rubber Production Incentive (IPG) to RM1.90/kg.

2. This initiative will certainly help ease the burden and increase the income of the smallholders in Sarawak particularly.

3. This also proves that the government of our Sarawak State and the Federal Government are serious in defending the fate of the people. For public information, the RM2.50/kg cuplump is the Federal Government's IPG activation price.

4. In the Month of March 2020, IPG was activated reason being in Sarawak the average monthly farm price of cuplump was RM1.80/kg, which means that the smallholders would pay IPG of RM0.70 / kg cuplump (RM2.50- RM1.80 = RM0.70 / kg). Since the cuplump contains only 50% of the dry rubber content (DRC), the IPG value is RM1.40/kg of cuplump for 100% DRC.

5. The Sarawak government has assisted smallholders with an additional incentive of RM0.50/ kg, raising the total of IPG to
RM1.90/kg (100% DRC).

6. For example, let say if smallholder produces a 400 kg of cuplumps (50% of DRC) in March, the amount of incentive paid will be RM380 compared to RM280 at regular IPG rates without additional incentives from the Sarawak Government.

7. Without this IPG, smallholders' income from cuplump sales is only RM720. However, with this additional IPG incentives in Sarawak, the smallholders' income would be RM1,100 (RM720 + RM380).

8. Therefore, I urge all rubber smallholders who have yet to sign up for the Rubber Transaction Authority Permit (PAT-G), you may register at the Sarawak State Agriculture Office as well as any Malaysian Rubber Board (LGM) office so they can benefit from IPG and keep them out.

9. For any further inquiries they may also call the LGM Hotline at 1- 800-888-474 (Mon-Fri) 9 am-5pm or 019-602 6001, 019-625 7800 after 5.00 pm.

YB TUAN WILLIE MONGIN
Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries & Commodities
15 April 2020