Kota Kinabalu: The State Cabinet has approved the Oil Palm Biomass Industry policy, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
Chairing the Chief Minister’s Department post-cabinet meeting at Menara Kinabalu here today, he said the Cabinet also decided to impose a State Sales Tax on biomass export pending the implementation of the policy.
“This is to control the export of biomass,” he said in a statement, adding that a Sabah Oil Palm Biomass law would also be enacted to regulate the industry in the state.
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