# No change in sustainability requirements for palm oil | The Star

> The Malaysian Palm Oil Council said the EU's 12-month extension of the EUDR does not change existing compliance obligations for Malaysian palm oil exporters. The council added that the delay gives the industry more time to push for Malaysia to be classed as a low-risk producer.

- Date: 2025-12-19 · published 2025-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Malaysia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21526-no-change-in-sustainability-requirements-for-palm-oil-the-star
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Malaysian exporters must still provide full due diligence information, so the delay has limited direct effect on palm oil shipments, though a possible low-risk benchmark could ease future EU access costs.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2018-11-07 | [Forests Week: A poster child for deforestation, palm oil is slowly moving towards sustainability - EIA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62075-forests-week-a-poster-child-for-deforestation-palm-oil-is-slowly-moving-towards.md) | -4.4% | -5.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-03-15 | [The Case for Global Sustainability Standards for Vegetable Oils \| Global Policy Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48157-the-case-for-global-sustainability-standards-for-vegetable-oils-global-policy.md) | -3.0% | -9.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-12-29 | [Can private standards restore credibility to the palm oil industry?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67489-can-private-standards-restore-credibility-to-the-palm-oil-industry.md) | +5.5% | +4.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-05-05 | [The EU Deforestation-free Regulation in a Nutshell \| Sustainability in Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30267-the-eu-deforestation-free-regulation-in-a-nutshell-sustainability-in-business.md) | -0.6% | +6.9% |
| PALMOIL | 2017-12-27 | [Palm Oil News - The Opportunity and six challenge palm oil RUU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67358-palm-oil-news-the-opportunity-and-six-challenge-palm-oil-ruu.md) | +5.5% | +4.4% |

## Sources

- thestar.com.my: https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2025/12/19/no-change-in-sustainability-requirements-for-palm-oil

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