Palm Oil Bans Meet Resistance in Southeast Asia
Sri Lanka has decided to completely remove its palm plantations. Meanwhile, the U.S. and the E.U. are scaling back on imports over environmental and labor concerns.
A palm oil plantation in Malaysia.
Apr. 13, 2021
Several countries have taken measures against the production and use of palm oil, a move that has put pressure on the main Southeast-Asian producers.
In Sri Lanka, a major source and importer of palm oil, the government has urged producers to uproot their palm tree plantations, and imports have been banned since early April, Reuters reported.