# Malaysian Palm Oil Supply And Demand Outlook For 2020 – MPOC

> The Malaysian Palm Oil Council outlines the 2020 supply and demand picture for Malaysian palm oil. It says COVID-19 has caused demand shocks from importing countries and weaker domestic consumption. Lockdown measures have also disrupted upstream plantation activities such as fertilizing and harvesting.

- Date: 2020-05-06 · published 2020-05-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11555-malaysian-palm-oil-supply-and-demand-outlook-for-2020-mpoc
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker demand combined with disrupted field operations creates two-sided uncertainty for palm oil output and prices over the year.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2021-01-25 | [Overview Of The Global Palm Oil Sector In 2020 And Outlook For 2021 – MPOC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49039-overview-of-the-global-palm-oil-sector-in-2020-and-outlook-for-2021-mpoc.md) | +0.3% | -0.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-02-18 | [Malaysian palm oil prices seen steady in 2019 \| FMT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60459-malaysian-palm-oil-prices-seen-steady-in-2019-fmt.md) | -0.2% | -6.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-29 | [Palm oil analyst raises 2019 Malaysia output forecast to 20m tonnes \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59678-palm-oil-analyst-raises-2019-malaysia-output-forecast-to-20m-tonnes-the-star.md) | -7.8% | -7.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-05-03 | [Malaysian crude palm oil output likely rose in April \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6619-malaysian-crude-palm-oil-output-likely-rose-in-april-the-star.md) | +0.0% | +1.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-08-28 | [Recent Developments of Malaysian Palm Oil Stock Level – OPIEJ](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63642-recent-developments-of-malaysian-palm-oil-stock-level-opiej.md) | +2.4% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- mpoc.org.my: https://www.mpoc.org.my/malaysian-palm-oil-supply-and-demand-outlook-for-2020/

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