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Indonesian 2026/27 palm oil production forecast to rise 3% to 48M tonnes
Indonesia’s Palm Oil Exports Tumble 35.08%
MPOB: Malaysia’s palm oil stocks up 1.71% to 2.30 mil tonnes in April 2026
Asean’s biodiesel push fuels palm oil rally, but will SGX-listed players gain?
War hastens an Indonesian biofuel push that has global stakes
Four trucks and a passenger bus have just completed a 40,000-kilometre (25,000-mile) road trip around Java. The epic journey — a distance equivalent to a circumnavigation of the globe — will help to determine whether Indonesia can deliver one of the world’s most ambitious biofuel-blending mandates in the next few months.
Expert Explains: Why Indonesia’s new biofuel push could make cooking oil expensive in India
Amid the surge in oil prices because of the Iran war, Indonesia has announced the roll-out of the biofuel B50, a blend of 50% palm oil-based biodiesel and 50% conventional diesel. The fuel is being tested and should be in use by July. For India, which relies heavily on Indonesian palm oil imports, this could mean tighter supply and pricier cooking oil back home. Prerna Prabhakar, a Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, explains what Indonesia is doing and how it will impact India.
Malaysia’s producer prices record biggest month-on-month gain in over two decades
The producer price index, which tracks inflation at the wholesale level before it reaches the consumers, increased 1% year-on-year in March. When compared to February, the index climbed 4.1%, the biggest month-on-month rise in more than two decades, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia
Palm oil production in Indonesia is forecast to increase by 3% in 2026/27 to 48M tonnes, up from 46.7M tonnes the previous year, according to a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report.
Palm dips on weak demand, rising output
The benchmark palm oil contract for July delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange slid 62 ringgit, or 1.35%, to 4,535 ringgit ($1,148.10) a metric ton at the close. The contract rose 0.39% in the previous session.
Malaysian crude palm oil prices to remain above $1,134 in the near future – MPOC
Malaysian palm oil futures traded in a tight range on Monday, as weakness in Dalian soyoil countered stronger crude oil prices.
Pakistan’s reliance on palm oil continues to be a heavy burden on our food import bill. Can something be done about it?
Yet again has our food imports bill risen. And yet again our food exports. In the first nine months of the current fiscal year, compared to the same period last year, the former increased by 15 percent to USD 7.09 billion, while the latter plummeted by 34 percent to USD 3.8 billion. The food trade deficit by the end of this period stood at USD 3.29 billion.
Sarawak Plantation rehabilitates 6,000 ha troubled oil palm estates
Sarawak Plantation Bhd has fully rehabilitated some 6,000 ha of oil palm estates which were plagued with various inefficiencies.
CBoT wheat futures drift lower
US wheat futures eased on Friday after a drought-fuelled rally the previous day as traders assessed chances for rain relief in the parched US Plains wheat belt and prospects for de-escalation in the Middle East
