The largest
sago-growing areas in Malaysia are to be found outside the
Peninsula, in the state of Sarawak, which is now the world’s
biggest exporter of sago, exporting annually about 25,000 to
40,000 t of sago products to Peninsular Malaysia, Japan,
Taiwan, Singapore, and other countries (Malaysian Agricultural
Economics Association, http://www.econ.upm.edu.my/
-pet&ago/sago.html).