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Peninsular Malaysia Palm Belt (Johor, Pahang)

Peninsular Malaysia's southern states — Johor, Pahang, Perak — contain Malaysia's oldest and most mature oil palm estates. Johor state was the birthplace of Malaysian oil palm cultivation (first commercial plantings 1917). Planted area in Peninsular Malaysia approximately 1.6 million hectares, with average palm age older than Sabah/Sarawak plantations. Older palms produce lower FFB yields, making Peninsular Malaysia plantations economically marginal; significant replanting is ongoing. Key companies in Peninsular Malaysia: IOI Corporation (Lahad Datu → Peninsular estates), KLK, FGV/FELDA settler schemes. The concentration of FELDA settler land in Peninsular Malaysia (approximately 850,000 hectares across 317 FELDA schemes) means that 112,000 smallholder families and their land tenure security is embedded in this region's output. Source: MPOB Annual Statistics 2023.