This office is the regional office of Malaysian Palm Oil Council, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which was previously known as Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council (MPOPC), established on January 25, 1990. The name was changed to Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) on April 13, 2006 to reflect the wider scope of responsibilities. Its head office is located at Selangor, Malaysia. It is a semi-government agency under Malaysian Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities. Its Corporate Mission is to promote the market expansion of Malaysian Palm Oil and its products by enhancing their image and creating better acceptance through awareness of various techno-economic advantages and environmental sustainability of palm oil. MPOC spearheads the promotional and marketing activities of Malaysian palm oil in the effort to make it the leading oil in the global oils and fats market. There are 9 regional offices of MPOC i.e. Los Angeles (USA), Mumbai (India), Brussels (Belgium), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Durban (South Africa), Lahore (Pakistan), Cairo (Egypt), Dubai (UAE) and Shanghai (China).

Considering the market potential of palm oil in Bangladesh, MPOC established its regional office in Dhaka in 1995. Previously this office was responsible for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka market, later, besides, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal markets put under this office for strengthening the image of palm oil through organizing promotional activities and dissemination of information about palm oil and gathering market information as well. Since the inception of Dhaka office, various promotional activities such as seminars targeting doctors, scientists, nutritionists, medical students ; quiz competition targeting school and college students ; cooking competition targeting housewives ; rural promotion programmes targeting rural consumers ; TV cooking show, TV ads and media promotion targeting general consumers and organising visit to Malaysia to familiarize the participants such as govt. officials, medical doctors, technical officials of different govt. agencies, educationists and edible oil refining industry & trade related people with Malaysian Palm Oil Industry and market visits etc. have been undertaken by MPOC to disseminate information about the beneficial attributes of palm oil and to strengthen palm oil’s image among the consumers and specially among the opinion leaders of the society as well as policy makers. Besides, keeping the consumers, traders, importers, refinery owners, media and policy makers and concerned govt. agencies informed about the development of Malaysian palm oil industries is another main task of this office. MPOC Dhaka office is also acting as an information hub in regards to oils and fats production, import and consumption in the country for the related industry players, media and for govt. agencies.