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Prez bans palm oil imports

05 Apr 2021

  • Oil palm cultivation also banned

  President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed to completely ban the importation of palm oil with immediate effect, effective since yesterday (5). According to a statement issued by the President’s Media Division (PMD), the Controller General of the Department of Import and Export Control has been advised to issue the relevant gazette order to give effect to this instruction by Secretary to the President Dr. P.B. Jayasundara yesterday itself. Additionally, the Director General of Customs has been informed of this decision and has been advised to refrain from clearing palm oil cargos at the Department of Customs. The statement also mentions that orders have been issued under the relevant laws to completely ban the cultivation of oil palm (katu pol). As a result, companies and entities that cultivate oil palm shall be required to uproot these crops at the rate of 10% each time, replacing them with either rubber or other environmentally friendly crops. This decision comes in line with the Government’s intention of stopping the cultivation of oil palm and the consumption of palm oil completely.

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