KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil exports to the United States rose 51.8% to 93,000 metric tons over January-May compared with the same period a year earlier, said the Ministry Of Plantation Industries and Commodities.
The U.S. is not a primary market for Malaysian palm oil but a 25% tariff the U.S. imposed on imports from the Southeast Asian country effective August 1 still requires attention, the ministry said in a parliamentary reply posted on parliament's website on Wednesday.