Malaysia’s pineapple exports showed an upward trend from 2016 to 2020 with increasing demand from China and the Middle East, especially for MD2 and local variants such as N36 and Josapine.
According to Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries, Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee, China is a high-potential export destination with demand for premium pineapples such as MD2. He said in 2020, the areas cultivated with pineapple totaled 17,228 hectares or equivalent to 9.5 per cent of the total fruit cultivation areas in the country.
“The pineapple cultivation area is concentrated in the south of Peninsular Malaysia while Sabah is the third major pineapple producer state and contributed to 6.1 per cent of pineapple cultivation acreage in Malaysia,” he said.
Source: malaymail.com
