After curbs on palm oil imports, India plans more restrictions on Malaysia

The government is not contemplating any curbs on imports from Malaysia and Turkey, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. He said that India believes in fair play and equal treatment to all the countries.

“I don’t think we have put any curbs on imports from Malaysia, and neither we are contemplating nor we have put any curbs on Turkey,” he said here at the Raisina Dialogue. The minister said that any import curbs being imposed by India is only to protect interest of the country and it is uniform in nature.

“If some of the restrictions impact Malaysia, I don’t think that is the only country that is being impacted. There are other exporters to India who would have the same impact,” he added. The government on January 8 imposed restrictions on imports of refined palm oil, which is expected to impact Malaysia.