The EU is open to palm oil and there is no ban on the commodity, the head of the European Union Delegation to Malaysia, ambassador Maria Castillo Fernandez, said on 16 July in an apparent attempt to appease Asian producers.
“The European market is open to palm oil. I want to say that very clearly. And the EU is the second largest market for palm oil from Malaysia,” Malaysian media quoted Fernandez as saying on 16 July.