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THE function of this ministry is to formulate policies and strategies for the overall development of the plantation and the commodity sectors, and to supervise departments and agencies under the Ministry on financial management and implementation of plantation and commodities development programs.

The plantation and commodities sector comprises oil palm, rubber, timber, cocoa, pepper and tobacco. The sector has become one of Malaysia’s major export earners with a combined value of RM89.6 billion in 2007 (an increase of 17.8 percent over 2006) and constituted 14.81 percent of the country’s total export earnings.

Among the bodies that report to the ministry are the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, the Malaysian Timber Industry Board, the Malaysian Furniture Promotion Council, the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, the Malaysian Timber Certification Council and the Malaysian Timber Council.

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(December 2008)

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