# Plantation Ministry will propose channelling windfall tax to replanting under Budget 2025 — Johari

> Malaysia's Plantation Ministry will propose to Budget 2025 that part of the windfall levy be channeled to levy-paying planters for replanting. Johari Abdul Ghani said production costs have risen from RM1,800 to RM2,800-3,000 per tonne, making the windfall levy formula impractical.

- Date: 2024-07-02 · published 2024-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15635-plantation-ministry-will-propose-channelling-windfall-tax-to-replanting-under
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Redirecting windfall tax revenue toward replanting could raise future yields and improve palm supply over time. Any change in the export tax regime would affect Malaysian export costs and prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2023-09-18 | [Malaysia reviewing windfall tax on palm oil industry  - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15705-malaysia-reviewing-windfall-tax-on-palm-oil-industry-the-business-times.md) | -1.6% | -4.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-03-30 | [Plantation Ministry: No plan to regulate price of Malaysian palm oil as govt-controlled product  \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36958-plantation-ministry-no-plan-to-regulate-price-of-malaysian-palm-oil-as-govt.md) | -1.1% | -4.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-11-01 | [November 2025 CPO Reference Price Edges Up to US$963.75 as Trade Ministry Cites B50 Plan - Media Biodiesel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15514-november-2025-cpo-reference-price-edges-up-to-us-963-75-as-trade-ministry-cites.md) | -6.2% | -5.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-10-27 | [Malaysia will not remove windfall tax on palm industry: state media - The Business Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15697-malaysia-will-not-remove-windfall-tax-on-palm-industry-state-media-the-business.md) | +2.3% | +5.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-04-04 | [BERNAMA - CONSIDER RISING COST OF CPO PRODUCTION WHEN REVIEWING WINDFALL PROFIT LEVY - MPOA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15740-bernama-consider-rising-cost-of-cpo-production-when-reviewing-windfall-profit.md) | -0.5% | -12.2% |

## Sources

- theedgemalaysia.com: https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/717566

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