# Malaysia urges countries to prioritise food over fuel as Indonesia bans palm exports

> Malaysia urged countries to prioritise food over fuel as Indonesia moved to ban palm exports. Indonesia and Malaysia both require palm oil in biodiesel at 30% and 20% respectively and reaffirmed those mandates last month.

- Date: 2022-04-25 · published 2022-04-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15830-malaysia-urges-countries-to-prioritise-food-over-fuel-as-indonesia-bans-palm
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The push to divert palm oil from biofuel toward food highlights pressure to ease biodiesel demand, which could eventually add supply, though the near-term effect is supportive for palm prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-22 | [Soyoil surges to record high as Indonesia bans palm oil exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14040-soyoil-surges-to-record-high-as-indonesia-bans-palm-oil-exports.md) | +1.1% | -2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-04-22 | [Indonesia bans palm oil exports as global food inflation spikes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41928-indonesia-bans-palm-oil-exports-as-global-food-inflation-spikes.md) | +1.1% | -2.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2025-01-06 | [Demand for Malaysian palm oil could rise if Indonesia raises exports levy — TA Securities](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15590-demand-for-malaysian-palm-oil-could-rise-if-indonesia-raises-exports-levy-ta.md) | +0.3% | +0.2% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-07-13 | [Malaysia poised to gain as Indonesia likely to cut palm oil exports, says MPOC \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15452-malaysia-poised-to-gain-as-indonesia-likely-to-cut-palm-oil-exports-says-mpoc.md) | +0.5% | +3.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2026-09-20 | [Indonesia's B50 Countdown Meets Malaysia's Firm Export Duty \| Palm Oil Economics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15442-indonesia-s-b50-countdown-meets-malaysia-s-firm-export-duty-palm-oil-economics.md) | -1.2% | -4.9% |
| SBO | 2022-04-22 | [Soyoil surges to record high as Indonesia bans palm oil exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14040-soyoil-surges-to-record-high-as-indonesia-bans-palm-oil-exports.md) | +3.2% | -4.4% |
| SBO | 2022-04-22 | [Indonesia bans palm oil exports as global food inflation spikes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41928-indonesia-bans-palm-oil-exports-as-global-food-inflation-spikes.md) | +3.2% | -4.4% |
| SBO | 2026-09-20 | [Indonesia's B50 Countdown Meets Malaysia's Firm Export Duty \| Palm Oil Economics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15442-indonesia-s-b50-countdown-meets-malaysia-s-firm-export-duty-palm-oil-economics.md) | -2.3% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/malaysia-urges-countries-prioritise-food-over-fuel-indonesia-bans-palm-exports-2022-04-25/

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