# Palm Oil Prices Seen Higher in Short Term Amid Policy Uncertainties in Indonesia – MPOC

> Analysts said palm oil prices are expected to rise in the coming months because of uncertainty over Indonesia's land seizure policies and its biodiesel plan. President Prabowo has put about five million hectares of plantations under scrutiny, and roughly 3.7 million hectares have been seized by authorities.

- Date: 2025-11-15 · published 2025-11-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15513-palm-oil-prices-seen-higher-in-short-term-amid-policy-uncertainties-in
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Seizures of plantation land and uncertainty over biodiesel demand threaten palm oil supply and firm prices, which feeds into the vegetable oil complex used in feed fats.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2022-05-23 | [Indonesia policy uncertainty hampers resumption of palm oil exports \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15826-indonesia-policy-uncertainty-hampers-resumption-of-palm-oil-exports-reuters.md) | +1.8% | -10.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-03-18 | [Indonesia hikes palm oil export levy amid accusations of 'policy panic'](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15833-indonesia-hikes-palm-oil-export-levy-amid-accusations-of-policy-panic.md) | -0.4% | -4.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-11-14 | [Palm oil prices to spike in 2026 as Indonesia pushes biofuel policy - Nikkei Asia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22047-palm-oil-prices-to-spike-in-2026-as-indonesia-pushes-biofuel-policy-nikkei-asia.md) | -0.2% | -0.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-03-02 | [Indonesian higher palm oil export levies come into effect and…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15483-indonesian-higher-palm-oil-export-levies-come-into-effect-and.md) | +5.0% | +8.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-08-27 | [Indonesia Sept crude palm oil export reference price, export tax set higher - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45440-indonesia-sept-crude-palm-oil-export-reference-price-export-tax-set-higher.md) | -1.4% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- mpoc.org.my: https://www.mpoc.org.my/palm-oil-prices-seen-higher-in-short-term-amid-policy-uncertainties-in-indonesia/

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