KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 6 -- A bottle of cooking oil, a set of car tyres and a pair of rubber gloves may appear to have little in common.

Yet each begins, in one way or another, with commodities produced by the country's plantation sector.

Those commodities do not stop at the plantation, as they are processed into products used by consumers and businesses, while also contributing to the country's exports.

So what does the plantation and commodities sector actually cover, and why has the government proposed RM425.65 million for the Ministry of Plantation and Commodities under Budget 2027?

How will Malaysians "feel" the impact of this allocation?

Let's take a look at what the ministry covers, where its commodities end up and how they make t...