# Indonesia slightly lowers POME, UCO export levies as CPO dips

> Indonesia has slightly lowered its export levy and duty rates for palm-based renewable fuel feedstocks, including palm oil mill effluent and used cooking oil. The change comes as crude palm oil prices dip.

- Date: 2025-12-31 · published 2025-12-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15508-indonesia-slightly-lowers-pome-uco-export-levies-as-cpo-dips
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower levies on waste-based feedstocks make these exports marginally more competitive, but the change is small and has limited effect on crude palm oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2021-03-01 | [Indonesia Set Export Levy for CPO at US$93/MT - The Insiders Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47983-indonesia-set-export-levy-for-cpo-at-us-93-mt-the-insiders-stories.md) | +2.6% | +6.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-09-19 | [Indonesia UCO, POME export levy hikes to support local biofuel output: sources](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15620-indonesia-uco-pome-export-levy-hikes-to-support-local-biofuel-output-sources.md) | +2.4% | +11.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-01-04 | [Indonesia Set CPO Export Levy US$74 per MT for January - The Insiders Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49040-indonesia-set-cpo-export-levy-us-74-per-mt-for-january-the-insiders-stories.md) | +10.0% | -0.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-01-28 | [Indonesia’s palm oil exports to ease only slightly despite curbs \| FMT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15855-indonesia-s-palm-oil-exports-to-ease-only-slightly-despite-curbs-fmt.md) | +5.5% | +10.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-12-24 | [Indonesia’s 10% levy could cause CPO exports to plummet \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15598-indonesia-s-10-levy-could-cause-cpo-exports-to-plummet-the-star.md) | +0.1% | -10.6% |

## Sources

- qcintel.com: https://www.qcintel.com/biofuels/article/indonesia-slightly-lowers-pome-uco-export-levies-as-cpo-dips-55806.html

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