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Malaysia has offered smallholder support including replanting help but did not grant a palm oil export tax waiver. Palm oil futures slipped after the announcement, and analysts said a waiver could still come soon but would only partly close the price gap.
Retaining the export tax keeps Malaysian palm oil expensive on export markets, supporting vegetable oil and competing feed fat prices.
peepalsglobal.comOct 28, 2026After 400 past bearish policy events, PALMOIL moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.1%), and +0.2% over 20.
After 196 past neutral policy events, SBO moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.6% to +2.0%), and -0.5% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
