Responsible for the exploration of new markets as well as regional, bilateral and multilateral trade activities of plantation commodities.

• Participating in various negotiations related to commodities in the World Trade Organization (WTO) such as Agricultural Committee, Market Access Committee, Trade and Environment Committee, Investment Committee and Trade Policy Review.
• Coordinating and monitoring the activities undertaken by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC).
• Monitoring and coordinating the preparation of reports on current issues affecting the commodity sector.
• Formulating regional policies, positions and approaches pertaining to negotiations on the commodity sector, including economic and trade developments within ASEAN.
• Monitoring the export performance of commodity goods under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CEPT-AFTA) concession scheme.
• Coordinating the Ministry's position on the ASEAN Economic Committee (AEC) and providing relevant input for the implementation of the ASEAN Charter
• Analysing strategic data and interest of the commodity sector in the Asia Pacific
• Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
• Formulating the Ministry's position in bilateral commodity issues.
• Secretariat to the Joint Committee on Bilateral Cooperations.
• Preparing Ministry's report on commodities with the aim to protect, discuss and meet at international levels.
• Evaluating the development of commodity trade at bilateral levels.
• Coordinating international trade visits and meetings attended by the YB Minister, YB Deputy Minister and the Secretary General.
• Secretariat for the negotiations in the Malaysia-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA).
• Coordinating the preparation and formulation of Ministry's position for Malaysia's participation in all FTA negotiations.