# A century of growth | Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association

> Malaysia marks 100 years of commercial oil palm cultivation in 2017. The plantation minister outlined plans to address stagnating palm fruit yields, mechanise plantations, and fund replanting of older trees. The sector had 2015 export earnings of RM60.16 billion.

- Date: 2017-01-18 · published 2017-01-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72870-a-century-of-growth-sarawak-oil-palm-plantation-owners-association
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Longer-term yield stagnation and labour constraints in Malaysia limit supply growth, which is a background support for palm oil prices, but this article contains no immediate price catalyst.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Sources

- soppoa.org.my: http://soppoa.org.my/archives/industry-news/a-century-of-growth.php

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