Foreign workers for Malaysia's palm plantations to arrive in May, June

Malaysia expects a new batch of foreign workers to arrive in May and June for its palm plantations, the plantation industries minister said on Tuesday, a delay of months from an original plan to add more labour early this year.

A shortage of foreign workers to harvest palm fruits in Malaysia, the world's second-largest producer, is likely to cap production, adding to global worries over vegetable oil supplies hit by the Russia-Ukraine war and bad weather in South America.