# Malaysia raises October palm oil reference price, keeps export duty at 10% - Markets - Business Recorder

> Malaysia raised its October 2025 crude palm oil reference price to 4,268.68 ringgit per ton from 4,053.43 in September, keeping the export duty at 10%. The reference price is roughly US$1,015.87 per ton.

- Date: 2025-09-19 · published 2025-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15535-malaysia-raises-october-palm-oil-reference-price-keeps-export-duty-at-10
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

The higher Malaysian reference price keeps the maximum 10% export duty in force, reinforcing firm export costs and supporting global palm oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2021-03-17 | [Malaysia maintains April crude palm oil export duty at 8% - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47980-malaysia-maintains-april-crude-palm-oil-export-duty-at-8-markets-business.md) | -0.1% | -7.0% |
| 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% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-10-01 | [Palm bounces back on Indonesia’s October reference price hike - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7238-palm-bounces-back-on-indonesia-s-october-reference-price-hike-markets-business.md) | +9.3% | +9.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-10-12 | [Palm oil rises on demand, Indonesia’s move to keep exports flexible - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33743-palm-oil-rises-on-demand-indonesia-s-move-to-keep-exports-flexible-markets.md) | +3.6% | +6.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-08-14 | [Malaysia Raises Sept Crude Palm Oil Reference Price, Lifting Duty to 10% – MPOC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15538-malaysia-raises-sept-crude-palm-oil-reference-price-lifting-duty-to-10-mpoc.md) | +0.4% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40383568

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