# Malaysia palm oil stocks hit nearly 2-year low in Feb as output drops | Reuters

> Malaysia's palm oil stocks fell for a fifth consecutive month in February, reaching a nearly two-year low as output dropped. Malaysia is the world's second-largest palm oil producer after Indonesia. The article notes palm's premium over soyoil is reducing demand.

- Date: 2025-03-10 · published 2025-03-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25675-malaysia-palm-oil-stocks-hit-nearly-2-year-low-in-feb-as-output-drops-reuters
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter Malaysian stocks reduce exportable supply and can support benchmark palm futures, which pull up feed-related vegetable oil costs. Palm's price premium over soyoil may cap demand gains.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2025-01-10 | [Malaysian palm oil stocks hit 19-month low in December as output drops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26606-malaysian-palm-oil-stocks-hit-19-month-low-in-december-as-output-drops.md) | +0.7% | +5.3% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-01-05 | [Malaysia end-December palm oil stocks seen hitting over 13-year low as output falls: poll](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4996-malaysia-end-december-palm-oil-stocks-seen-hitting-over-13-year-low-as-output.md) | +1.3% | -10.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-01-10 | [Malaysia end-Dec palm oil stocks smaller than expected as output plummets \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43230-malaysia-end-dec-palm-oil-stocks-smaller-than-expected-as-output-plummets.md) | +2.5% | +12.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-08-05 | [Malaysia July-end palm oil stocks expected to hit three-year low \| KLSE Screener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6794-malaysia-july-end-palm-oil-stocks-expected-to-hit-three-year-low-klse-screener.md) | -2.9% | +2.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-11-05 | [Malaysia’s end-October palm oil stocks fall on lower output, higher exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8039-malaysia-s-end-october-palm-oil-stocks-fall-on-lower-output-higher-exports.md) | +4.0% | +0.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/malaysia-end-february-palm-oil-stocks-hit-nearly-two-year-low-2025-03-10/

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