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Economy 101: Is This Why Cooking Oil Price Insanely High in Malaysia?

Palm Oil Cooking Forbes Graph

We use palm cooking oil as the mainstream cooking oil as it is the obvious option and can easily get it as Malaysia is one of the largest exporters of palm oil in the world after neighbouring Indonesia. Of course, if one has the money, they can opt for the more expensive imported vegetable oils like canola or olive oil. Chart source: Forbes / Statista

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Boycott Malaysia 2019: Can Pakistan Rescue Malaysian Palm Oil?

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News headlines: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan will buy more palm oil from Malaysia after demands from India reduced for Malaysian palm oil. However how much more remains unanswered for now. Image source: Reuters

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Boycott Malaysia 2019 – India May Restrict Malaysia Palm Oil

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Do you know how much Malaysian palm oil was exported to India in 2019?

Palm oil accounts for nearly two-thirds of India’s total edible oil imports. India buys more than 9 million tonnes of palm oil annually, mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia. In the first nine months of 2019, India was the biggest buyer of Malaysian palm oil, taking 3.9 million tonnes, according to data compiled by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Image & Notes Source: The Star & PalmOilAnalytics)

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Environment 101: Haze, The Smoke Gets In My Eyes, Again!

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(The hotspot in Indonesia is a yearly affair and it somehow the haze had become “tolerable” when by right it should not be the case. The above when Singapore faced the worst from the slash & burn activities in Indonesia. Image source: http://marufish.com)

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Tags: Air Pollution Index, ASEAN, Fire, Forest Fire, Haze, Indonesia, Klang Valley, Palm oil, Pollution, Slash & Burn, Smog, Sumatra, The ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution