Palm Oil (J♣)

Palm oil production is vital for the economy of Malaysia, which is the world's second- largest producer of the commodity after Indonesia. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is a government agency responsible for the promotion and development of the palm oil sector in the country. The country's palm oil industry produces about 90 million tones of lignocellulosic biomass, including empty fruit bunches, oil palm trunks, and oil palm fronds, as well as palm oil mill effluent (POME). In 2010, in response to concerns about social and environmental impact of palm oil, the Malaysian Government pledged to limit palm oil plantation expansion by retaining at least half of the nation's land as forest cover.

In 2012, the Malaysian palm oil industry employed an estimated 491,000 workers. Malaysia's Sime Darby is the largest listed palm oil company globally, based on plantation area and fresh fruit bunch production. The company was created through a Malaysian government initiated merger in December 2006. The world's second-largest oil palm plantation company, Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FELDA), is also based in Malaysia. Felda Global Ventures Holdings is the world's third largest palm oil company by planted acreage, controlling over 850,000 ha of land in the country, including approximately 500,000 has that it leases and manages for smallholders.

棕榈油

棕榈油是一种热带木本植物油，是目前世界上生产量、消费量和国际贸易量最大的植物油品种，与大豆油、菜籽油并称为“世界三大植物油”，拥有超过五千年的食用历史。

棕榈油由油棕树上的棕榈果压榨而成，果肉和果仁分别产出棕榈油和棕榈仁油，传统概念上所言的棕榈油只包含前者。棕榈油经过精炼分提，可以得到不同熔点的产品，分别在餐饮业、食品工业和油脂化工业拥有广泛的用途。东南亚和非洲作为棕榈油的主要出产区，产量约占世界棕榈油总产量的88%，印度尼西亚、马来西亚和尼日利亚是世界前三大生产国。目前，中国已经成为全球第一大棕榈油进口国，棕榈油消费量每年约为600万吨，占市场总量的20%。

棕榈油是世界油脂市场的一个重要组成部分，它在世界油脂总产量中的比例超过30%。油棕是一种四季开花结果及长年都有收成的农作物。油棕的商业性生产可保持25年!

受全球棕榈油种植面积扩张以及成熟棕榈油面积提高等因素影响，2012年全球棕榈油产量继续增加，或创下历史新高。