# Malaysian Palm Oil Leading the Way Lower

> The February Malaysian crude palm oil contract fell 1.6% to a three-month low on Monday. Analyst Cliff Jamieson cites expected higher November production, sluggish exports forecast down 8.5%, and India's substantial hike in vegetable oil import tariffs.

- Date: 2017-11-27 · published 2017-11-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12717-malaysian-palm-oil-leading-the-way-lower
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Indian import tariffs cut demand from the world's largest vegetable oil importer, adding downward pressure on palm oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2017-08-24 | [Malaysian palm oil prices may lose support following US import duty decision  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69556-malaysian-palm-oil-prices-may-lose-support-following-us-import-duty-decision.md) | +0.1% | +6.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-09 | [Indonesia, Malaysia send letter protesting EU palm oil curbs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59471-indonesia-malaysia-send-letter-protesting-eu-palm-oil-curbs.md) | -1.9% | -8.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-08-22 | [Solving the palm oil puzzle](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63553-solving-the-palm-oil-puzzle.md) | -0.3% | -2.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-10-28 | [Malaysia palm oil export tax waiver: what it means \| Peepals](https://feedsoft.ai/events/166-malaysia-palm-oil-export-tax-waiver-what-it-means-peepals.md) | -1.4% | — |
| PALMOIL | 2020-01-25 | [EU banning palm oil? There are other markets, local palm oil producers say \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54962-eu-banning-palm-oil-there-are-other-markets-local-palm-oil-producers-say-malay.md) | -1.5% | -12.6% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/Ag/blogs/canada-markets/blog-post/2017/11/27/malaysian-palm-oil-leading-way-lower

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