Amid palm oil trade dispute, Malaysia goes in search of Indian buy-in for its halal expertise
There may be an ongoing trade dispute between India and Malaysia over palm oil imports but the Southeast Asian nation has not halted efforts to tap into the country of some 200 million Muslims as a huge market for halal products and services.
“India is one of the priority markets that we are getting into,” Mohammad Shukur Sugumaran, Manager, International Footprint and Industry Development at Malaysia’s Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC), told Salaam Gateway.
“We feel there is a lot of untapped potential,” said the official, whose agency falls under the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
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