MPOB: Malaysia’s palm oil stocks up 1.71% to 2.30 mil tonnes in April 2026
11/05/2026 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s palm oil stocks rose 1.71% or 38,900 tonnes to 2.30 million tonnes in April 2026, from 2.27 million a month earlier, according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
In its April industry performance report, MPOB said crude palm oil (CPO) stocks also increased 0.54% or 6,844 tonnes to 1.26 million tonnes in April 2026, from 1.25 million in March 2026.
“Processed palm oil stockpiles climbed 3.16% to 1.04 million tonnes from 1.01 million tonnes,” it said.
On production, MPOB said CPO output surged 18.37% or 252,952 tonnes to 1.63 million tonnes, from 1.38 million a month earlier, while palm kernel output also increased 19.92% month-on-month to 390,124 tonnes, from 325,320.
Crude palm kernel oil production rose 18.59% to 192,268 tonnes from 162,127 in March, while palm kernel cake output increased 21.54% to 214,403 tonnes from 176,406.
However, palm oil exports declined 14.34% in April 2026 to 1.30 million tonnes from 1.52 million a month earlier, while palm kernel oil exports rose 39.65% to 110,711 tonnes from 79,278.
Palm kernel cake exports increased to 266,186 tonnes from 180,104. Oleochemical exports rose 23.83% to 310,510 tonnes from 250,746 in March, while biodiesel exports surged 193.04% to 37,825 tonnes from 12,908.
MPOB reported zero CPO imports in April, while palm kernel oil imports rose 29.13% to 11,103 tonnes, from 8,598 in the preceding month.