The oil palm planted area in Malaysia grew tremendously during the past few decades. There has been a corresponding increase in the production and exports of palm oil. Earnings from palm oil increased during this period, clearly indicating the good performance of the industry. the performance cab be analysed by measuring several indicator variables and their past trends using an econometric model. Projections of the trends in the model provides a forecast of the future scenario of the industry. This paper describes the model and the dorecast of the future performance of the industry.

Main Researcher: Ramli Abdullah