Thailand Vegetable Oil insights

Building on two decades of progress, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has called for more focused efforts to scale innovation and drive transformative changes in the palm oil sector. The RSPO’s Annual Roundtable Conference (RT2024), supported by Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, was held in Bangkok from November 11-13, as preparations for the RSPO 2024 Standards were underway.

RT2024: New strategic alliances to tackle deforestation, increase smallholder participation through climate-smart programmes and drive global demand for RSPO-certified products.

Trade officials along the border with Malaysia have been instructed to closely monitor the movement of cooking palm oil from Malaysia as high prices in Thailand attract smugglers. Udom Srisomsong, director-general of the Internal Trade Department, said provincial commerce office chiefs in Songkhla and Satun had been ordered to prevent palm oil smuggling from Malaysia.