Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (Malaysia)

Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC)

Kementerian Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi (KPPK)
Ministry overview
Formed	2004; 14 years ago (2004)
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Primary Industries
Jurisdiction	Government of Malaysia
Headquarters	No. 15, Level 6-13, Persiaran Perdana, Precinct 2, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62654 Putrajaya
Employees	299 (2017)
Annual budget	MYR 446,892,000 (2017)
Minister responsible	Mah Siew Kiong, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
Deputy Minister responsible	Nasrun Mansur, Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
Ministry executives	M. Nagarajan, Secretary-General Zurinah Pawanteh, Deputy Secretary-General (Plantation and Commodities) Toisin Gantor, Deputy Secretary-General (Strategic Planning and Management)
Website	www.kppk.gov.my

The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (Malay: Kementerian Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi), abbreviated MPIC, KPPK, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for plantation and commodities: palm oil, rubber, timber, furniture, cocoa, pepper, kenaf, tobacco.

The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities is responsible for administration of several key Acts:

The plantation and commodities sector, comprising oil palm, rubber, timber, cocoa, pepper and tobacco has contributed significantly to the country’s economic development for the past 50 years. Since then, the sector has become one of Malaysia’s major exports earnings. Exports values of these commodities and commodity based products in 2012 was RM 127.5 billion, constituted 18.2 per cent of total export earnings.

The remunerative price of commodities throughout 2012 has benefited the country, in particular the smallholders. The future of plantation industries and commodities sector remains bright and promises a lot of opportunities.

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