The three largest oil and fat exporting countries of the world are Malaysia, the USA and Argentina, but Malaysia’s exports of palm oil (PO) and palm kernel oil (PKO) exceed the total oil and fat exports of the other two countries taken together. With her production increasing at the rate of 400 000 tonnes per year, Malaysia needs to constantly diversify the use of her oils into new applications. This paper gives a brief description of new oil fractions now being produced in Malaysia from palm kernel oils, and of new varieties of PO with distinctly different compositions, which could be available in world markets before very long.

Main Researcher: T P Pantzaris