# Malaysia palm oil export tax waiver: what it means | Peepals

> 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.

- Date: 2026-10-28 · published 2026-10-29T06:05:44.485Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/166-malaysia-palm-oil-export-tax-waiver-what-it-means-peepals
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Retaining the export tax keeps Malaysian palm oil expensive on export markets, supporting vegetable oil and competing feed fat prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2022-05-20 | [Malaysia to reduce palm oil export tax, biodiesel mandate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15820-malaysia-to-reduce-palm-oil-export-tax-biodiesel-mandate.md) | +2.6% | -7.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-12-26 | [Malaysia reviewing palm oil export taxes amid bulging stockpiles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61466-malaysia-reviewing-palm-oil-export-taxes-amid-bulging-stockpiles.md) | +5.0% | +7.8% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-10-07 | [Indonesia to extend export levy waiver on palm oil to year-end \| FEAG](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15782-indonesia-to-extend-export-levy-waiver-on-palm-oil-to-year-end-feag.md) | -1.3% | +14.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-10-12 | [Malaysia Raises Palm Oil Export Tax To 6.5% For November From 6.0% In October - Nikkei Asia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68335-malaysia-raises-palm-oil-export-tax-to-6-5-for-november-from-6-0-in-october.md) | +0.9% | +4.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-06-05 | [Malaysia exempts palm oil from export duty - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52493-malaysia-exempts-palm-oil-from-export-duty-business-recorder.md) | +1.7% | +1.1% |
| SBO | 2023-06-24 | [Palm Oil News - July 2023 Export Tax in Malaysia Would be 8 Percent](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15723-palm-oil-news-july-2023-export-tax-in-malaysia-would-be-8-percent.md) | +3.7% | +16.2% |
| SBO | 2022-05-20 | [Malaysia to reduce palm oil export tax, biodiesel mandate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15820-malaysia-to-reduce-palm-oil-export-tax-biodiesel-mandate.md) | -0.4% | -7.6% |
| SBO | 2018-02-12 | [Export tax freeze to support Malaysian palm oil industry - Oxford Business Group](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66368-export-tax-freeze-to-support-malaysian-palm-oil-industry-oxford-business-group.md) | -1.3% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- peepalsglobal.com: https://peepalsglobal.com/business/article/malaysia-palm-oil-export-tax-waiver-record-stocks-india-edible-oil-2026-10-28

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