# VEGOILS-Palm in line for fourth day of fall on U.S.-China trade tension | Reuters

> Malaysian palm oil fell for a fourth straight day amid US-China trade tensions. The Chicago July soybean oil contract dropped 1.6%, while the Dalian May palm oil contract slipped 1%.

- Date: 2019-05-13 · published 2019-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12581-vegoils-palm-in-line-for-fourth-day-of-fall-on-u-s-china-trade-tension-reuters
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Trade tension weighs on demand expectations for vegetable oils, pushing palm and soyoil lower. Continued trade friction could keep vegetable oil prices under pressure.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-05-06 | [Malaysian palm oil price falls for 7th day on fresh Sino-US trade tension \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6729-malaysian-palm-oil-price-falls-for-7th-day-on-fresh-sino-us-trade-tension-the.md) | -1.1% | -0.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-09-24 | [Indonesia's palm oil exports to EU to climb on trade pact, regulatory reprieve \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22880-indonesia-s-palm-oil-exports-to-eu-to-climb-on-trade-pact-regulatory-reprieve.md) | +0.2% | +1.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-03-07 | [US soyoil exports hit 15-year high as pricy palm shifts vegoil trade \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25669-us-soyoil-exports-hit-15-year-high-as-pricy-palm-shifts-vegoil-trade-reuters.md) | +0.7% | -0.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-02-03 | [Palm oil set for more losses on China virus, Indian import curbs - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4953-palm-oil-set-for-more-losses-on-china-virus-indian-import-curbs-the.md) | -5.6% | -23.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-04-30 | [Vegoils: Palm falls to two-week low on weaker exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6614-vegoils-palm-falls-to-two-week-low-on-weaker-exports.md) | -4.5% | -1.8% |
| SBO | 2019-05-06 | [Malaysian palm oil price falls for 7th day on fresh Sino-US trade tension \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6729-malaysian-palm-oil-price-falls-for-7th-day-on-fresh-sino-us-trade-tension-the.md) | -2.1% | +1.0% |
| SBO | 2023-10-18 | [Vegoil imports partly fill in for thinning US soyoil stocks \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33709-vegoil-imports-partly-fill-in-for-thinning-us-soyoil-stocks-reuters.md) | -6.3% | -0.3% |
| SBO | 2019-06-28 | [US-China trade tensions hurt Argentine soybean exports - Chinadaily.com.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58439-us-china-trade-tensions-hurt-argentine-soybean-exports-chinadaily-com-cn.md) | -1.3% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/business/vegoils-palm-in-line-for-fourth-day-of-fall-on-us-china-trade-tension-idUSL4N22P17Q/

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