Palm Oil Developments No.65 (December 2016) p7-11

Palm-based Materials: Renewable Resources for Film and Coating Technology

Siti Hazirah Mohamad Fauzi* and Noor Armylisa’s Abu Hassan*

Palm oil is the world’s most actively traded oil and remains a highly demanded vegetable oil for meeting the need to fulfill the market requirements of oils and fats worldwide. This trend can be witnessed by the steadily increasing supply of palm oil over the past years with intriguing developments in the up-, mid- and downstream sectors. According to Rabobank (2016), industry analysts predicted that the global demand for edible oils will quadruple between now and 2050, with 60% of that demand being contributed by palm oil.





Author information:
* Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB),
6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi,
43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
E-mail: sitihazirah@mpob.gov.my