# Malaysian palm oil stocks hit 19-month low in December as output drops

> Malaysian palm oil stocks fell 6.91% to a 19-month low at the end of December. Crude palm oil output dropped 8.3% to 1.49 million tons, its lowest since March 2024, and exports fell 9.97% to a six-month low of 1.34 million tons.

- Date: 2025-01-10 · published 2025-01-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Malaysia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26606-malaysian-palm-oil-stocks-hit-19-month-low-in-december-as-output-drops
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter Malaysian supplies reduce the export availability that importers rely on, supporting palm oil prices and encouraging buyers to look at substitute vegetable oils.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2025-03-10 | [Malaysia palm oil stocks hit nearly 2-year low in Feb as output drops \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25675-malaysia-palm-oil-stocks-hit-nearly-2-year-low-in-feb-as-output-drops-reuters.md) | -1.1% | -5.0% |
| 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 | 2023-12-12 | [Malaysia’s November palm oil stocks dip amid drops in exports - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32803-malaysia-s-november-palm-oil-stocks-dip-amid-drops-in-exports-fastmarkets.md) | -0.5% | -0.3% |
| 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% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/malaysia-end-december-palm-oil-stocks-fall-691-mpob-says-2025-01-10/

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