Pakistan imports about 605,333 tones of palm oil from Malaysia

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported about 605,333 tones of palm oil from Malaysia during the period of January-September, which were used primarily in the food sector.

Pakistan continued to be an important market for Malaysian products, particularly palm oil, said a statement issued here.

In fact, every year several million tones of palm oil (especially palm olein) were used worldwide for frying due to the oil’s high oxidative stability which produced high quality and tasty foods.

At the product launching ceremony of Minyak Cooking Oil on Thursday, Consul General of Malaysia in Karachi, Ismail Mohamad Bkri stated that the Consulate would continue to support and facilitate any efforts to expand the presence of Malaysia products in Pakistan.

“There are room for improvement and strengthening the existing bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries of Malaysia and Pakistan, especially in trade”, he remarked.

Minyak cooking oil is produced and packed in Malaysia.

Minyak’s presence in the local market provided better choice for the consumers to select a high quality, safe and nutritious cooking oil.

Consumers can be assured of the highest quality of Malaysian palm oil astringent regulations and requirements are imposed on palm oil industry in Malaysia to produce high quality products, said Rosidah Radzian, Director of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) during her working visit to Karachi with few others official.

Kaukab Iqbal, President of CAP who was invited to the ceremony said that consumers should avoid buying substandard or unhygienic products as these products are not safe and bad to health.

He said that loose cooking oil is usually exposed to contamination and unhygienic handling.

Therefore, he applauded MPOB and Pacific Commodities (sole importer of Minyak) for the initiative to introduce packed Malaysian palm olein in Pakistan as an excellent alternative to loose cooking oil that are common in the market.