Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin says the ministry, through the National Kenaf and Tobacco Board, would continue to ensure that various programmes related to the development of the kenaf industry would be enhanced. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, October 16, 2021.
THE government wants to expand the kenaf industry and produce more end products to increase the country’s exports based on the commodity, according to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin. She said currently, the value of the country’s kenaf exports stood at RM10 million and the value could be increased if kenaf cultivators were able to produce more downstream products other than fibre.
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